Police register FIR against BJP's Kirit Somaniya & his son in INS Vikrant case

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Amid war of words between former allies Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on crowd-funding drive to save INS Vikrant, the Trombay Police have registered an FIR against BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and his son, Neil, for allegedly siphoning off ₹57 crore that Somaiya said were collected through the campaign to save the country's first aircraft carrier. “The case has been registered under section 420 (cheating and dishonesty including delivery of property) and 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 34 (common intentions) of the Indian Penal Code against the Somaiyas on a complaint by an ex-military officer,” a senior officer of the Trombay police station said on condition of anonymity.

The officer further said that as per the FIR, which was registered late last night, the BJP's former MP from Mumbai North-East collected the donation but did not deposit it with the Raj Bhavan.

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