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: INS Vikrant cheating case: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya says he has not misused even 57 paise #IndiaNEWS Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya on Tuesday claimed that he had not misused funds worth

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INS Vikrant cheating case: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya says he has not misused even 57 paise #IndiaNEWS
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya on Tuesday claimed that he had not misused funds worth even 57 paise in his political life, reported PTI. The former MP is being investigated for allegedly siphoning off funds amounting to over Rs 57 crore that had been collected to restore INS Vikrant, the Indian Navy’s first aircraft carrier.“[Maharashtra] Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray via Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut falsely accused me of amassing Rs 57 crore in the name of conserving the decommissioned naval ship Vikrant,� Somaiya told reporters outside the office of the Economic Offences Wing in Mumbai. “In my entire political life, I never amassed or misused even 57 paise illegally but now I am being falsely accused by the Shiv Sena.�On Tuesday, the BJP leader was questioned by investigators of the Economic Offences Wing for the second consecutive day.Somaiya and his son Neil had filed for pre-arrest bail on April 9 after the Mumbai Police filed a criminal case against them on the basis of a complaint by 53-year-old former Army officer Baban Bhosle.According to the complaint, Somaiya had started a campaign between 2013 and 2014 to raise funds to restore the aircraft carrier. However, the money raised was not deposited with the Maharashtra governor’s secretary...Read more


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