Cheating case: BJP leader Kirit Somaiya appears before Mumbai Police
PTI, Apr 18, 2022, 12:17 PM IST
Senior BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Monday appeared before the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police in connection with the INS Vikrant funds misappropriation case, an official said.
Somaiya reached the Police Commissioner’s office in south Mumbai at 11 AM. Earlier, the EOW had issued summons to him and his son Neil Somaiya, a day after the Somaiya senior’s pre-arrest bail plea was rejected by the Mumbai sessions court on April 11.
Based on a complaint lodged by an ex-serviceman, the Trombay police on April 7 registered an FIR against the Somaiyas for allegedly misappropriating about Rs 57 crore collected through crowdfunding to save decommissioned INS Vikrant from being scrapped and converted into a museum.
The Bombay High Court on April 13 granted interim protection from arrest to Kirit Somaiya. A single bench of Justice Anuja Prabhudessai had directed Kirit Somaiya to cooperate with the police’s probe into the case and asked him to ”report to the investigation officer in the case for four days, beginning from April 18, between 11 am and 2 pm.”
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