Mumbai Police summon BJP's Kirit Somaiya over FIR for Covid-19 norms violation

Mumbai Police have issued summons to former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya asking him to appear before them in connection with an FIR registered against him for alleged violation of Covid19 norms an official said on ThursdayThe FIR was registered against Somaiya at suburban Santacruz police station in September last year under various sections of Indian Penal Code IPC including 188 disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servantThe Santacruz police on Monday summoned BJP leader Somaiya to appear before them within 15 days with his written statement or else legal action will be taken against himSomaiya on Thursday tweeted the summons copy and said the Uddhav Thackerayled Maharashtra governmentpolice had registered one more case against him for visiting state minister Chhagan Bhujbals benami property in SantacruzAn official from the Santacruz police station confirmed that Somaiya has been summoned in connection with the FIR registered against him last year after he visited Bhujbals bungalow in Hasnabad lane of Santacruz WestSomaiya had on Wednesday alleged that Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut during a recent press conference deliberately referred to the old controversy over 19 bungalows in Korlai village of Raigad district as he bore a grudge against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his family members for not backing him when certain allegations were raised against himThe BJP leader claimed it was a known fact that Rashmi Thackeray wife of Uddhav Thackeray who also heads the Shiv Sena had tendered a written apology to the Korlai gram panchayat in the Raigad district in connection with the 19 bungalows controversyOn Thursday Somaiya tweeted the copy a letter dated May 23 2019 claiming that Rashmi Thackeray had submitted a written application to transfer some houses in Raigad in her nameHe claimed that information received under the Right to Information RTI Act reveals that Rashmi Uddhav Thackeray and Manisha Ravindra Waikar in January and May 2019 wrote letters to Korlai village sarpanch Hemant Shantaram Patil requesting transfer of houses with numbers from 787 to 805 in their nameSomaiya further claimed that the information received under the RTI also mentioned that Thackeray and Waikar purchased the land from Anvay Madhukar Naik on 3042014Manisha Waikar is the wife of Shiv Sena MLA Ravindra WaikarRashmi Thackeray was unavailable for comments in the matterIn May 2018 interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik were found dead at their bungalow in Alibaug Raigad district According to police Anvay Naik had allegedly committed suicideOn Tuesday Sanjay Raut had launched a personal attack against Somaiya who has been raising a slew of allegations against the Shiv Sena brass and other leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi in the stateRaut had alleged that the BJP leaders son Neil Somaiya had links with Rakesh Wadhwan an accused in the PMC bank fraud and demanded the arrest of the fatherson duoDenying the allegations Kirit Somaiya had said he was ready to face any investigationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever