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 were collected through the campaign to save the country’s first aircraft carrier.
On Wednesday, Shiv Sena’s Sanajay Raut, who is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a land scam case, accused Somaiya of siphoning off with the money. “A campaign was led by Kirit Somaiya in 2013-14 to collect ₹57 crore from the public to turn INS Vikrant into a museum. This amount was to be deposited with the Raj Bhavan. However, as per an RTI query, the money was never deposited,” Raut said.
