The former MP and his son have been booked for allegedly siphoning off funds amounting to over Rs 57 crore to restore the Indian Navy’s first aircraft carrier.
The Shiv Sena MP had claimed people were losing faith in the judiciary because of verdicts such as the order granting anticipatory bail to BJP’s Kirit Somaiya.
The Mumbai Police last week registered a case of cheating against Somaiya and his son Neil based on a complaint lodged by a former soldier Baban Bhosle
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A Mumbai Sessions Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya in connection with the misappropriation of funds collected to save aircraft carrier INS Vikrant from scrapping. India News | INS Vikrant Case: Mumbai Court Rejects BJP Leader Kirit Somaiya s Anticipatory Bail Plea.