An FIR has been filed against ex-BJP MP Kirit Somiaya and his son Neil Somaiya at the Trombay Police station for alleged misappropriation of over Rs 57 crore collected to save the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. The FIR was lodged by an ex-military officer alleging that Somaiya collected funds on the pretext of giving it for repairment and converted INS Vikrant into a museum and siphoned off the money.

The case has been registered under sections 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 father-son duo. As per the FIR, registered on April 6, Somaiya collected the donation but did not deposit it with the Maharashtra Raj Bhavan.