: BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s anticipatory bail plea rejected in INS Vikrant fund misuse case #IndiaNEWS A special court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail application of Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s anticipatory bail plea rejected in INS Vikrant fund misuse case #IndiaNEWS
A special court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail application of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya in case related to alleged siphoning off funds collected to restore INS Vikrant, the Indian Navy’s first aircraft carrier, Live Law reported.Somaiya and his son Neil were booked by the Mumbai Police on April 6 based on a complaint filed by a 53-year-old former Army officer, identified as Baban Bhosle.According to the complaint, Somaiya, a former MP, started a campaign between 2013 and 2014 to raise funds to restore the aircraft carrier and collected over Rs 57 crore. However, the money was not deposited with the Maharashtra governor’s secretary office but rerouted into his own business, the complainant claimed,At Monday’s hearing, the court said that there is photographic evidence that Kirit Somaiya collected the money along with a letter claiming that he would deposit the money with the governor, which he did not, Live Law reported.Senior advocate Ashok Mundargi, representing the BJP leader, said that the father and son were being targeted due to political vendetta. He also alleged that the case has been filed after a gap of over seven years under the influence of a specific political party, Live Law reported.Mundargi told the court that political parties, including the Congress and the Shiv Sena, had...Read more

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