INS Vikrant fund case against Somaiya: Further probe necessary, says court
The Hindu
Mumbai court orders further investigation into funds collected by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya for decommissioned naval aircraft carrier.
Police have not probed what has been done with funds collected by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and his son to save the decommissioned naval aircraft carrier Vikrant, a Mumbai court has held while disposing of the closure report in a cheating case against the duo.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Esplanade court), S P Shinde, in an order passed last week, directed the police to conduct further investigation in the case, saying it was necessary, and submit a report.
Commissioned in 1961, INS Vikrant, a Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, played a key role in enforcing the naval blockade of East Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. It was decommissioned in 1997.
In January 2014, the ship was sold through an online auction and scrapped in November that year.
The case against Somaiyas was registered at the Trombay police station here in April 2022 based on a complaint lodged by an ex-serviceman, who claimed he donated ₹2,000 in 2013 for the campaign.
The complainant alleged Somaiya had collected more than ₹57 crore for saving the ship. However, instead of depositing the amount to the Maharashtra governor's secretary office, he misappropriated the funds, he claimed.
The case was later transferred to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police.
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