Vikrant case: BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, son summoned by EOW on Wednesday

The Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police on Wednesday summoned Maharashtra BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and his son Neil in a cheating case registered against them. An official gave this information on Tuesday. The father-son duo has been asked to join a probe into a case related to alleged misappropriation of over Rs 57 crore collected in the name of saving the decommissioned naval aircraft carrier INS Vikrant from being scrapped nine years ago and turning it into a museum. has gone. said.

Kirit Somaiya and his son have been asked to appear before the investigating officer of the case at 11 am, the official said. A notice has been issued under section 41(1)(a) of CrPC. He said, against whom the complaint has been made), they were pasted at his residence in Mulund demanding his presence before the investigating officer.

A case of cheating was registered last week at the Trombay police station on the complaint of a former Army jawan. The father-son duo has been booked under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC. The case was initially investigated by Unit 6 of the General Fraud Wing of the city police and later transferred. To EOW, he said.