Mumbai Feb 25 PTI Neil Somaiya BJP leader Kirit Somaiyas son has filed an anticipatory bail application before a court here fearing arrest by the Economic Offences Wing EOW of Mumbai PoliceAdditional sessions judge Deepak Bhagwat is likely to hear the plea on MondayLast week Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut had demanded the arrest Kirit Somaiya and his son for their alleged links to the multi-crore Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank fraud caseNeil Somaiya said in the application that if a First Information Report FIR was registered against him he should get 72-hour notice before arrest his lawyer saidKirit Somaiya a former MP from Mumbai has leveled corruption allegations against several leaders of the Shiv Sena and other constituents of the ruling MVA coalition in Maharashtra Raut had alleged that Neil Somaiya had links with Rakesh Wadhawan an accused in the PMC bank fraudDenying allegations Kirit Somaiya had said that he was ready to face any investigation PTI AVI KRK KRK

Mumbai Sep 20 PTI Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Monday hit back at his BJP counterpart Chandrakant Patil over his statement that irregularities of two ministers of Congress serving in the state government will be exposed soon saying the time has come to unearth corruption of erstwhile Fadnavis government Patil has accused MVA ministers of deep in corruption and said they were not worried that their misdeeds can be challenged in court In some days irregularities of two Congress ministers will be exposed he told reporters in Pune without taking any names Patole said the BJP sought the day of Anant Chaturdashi to indulge in political blackmailing and stunts referring to BJP leader Kirit Somaiyas journey from his residence in suburban Mulund to CMST and onwards to Karad in Kolhapur district against the polices request This choosing Anant Chaturdashi which marks the culmination of Ganesh festival is being done as the Central government has authorised them BJP leaders to do so Patole alleged Responding to a query the Congress leader said the MVA government of Shiv Sena NCP and Congress will last its full term and BJPs dream of returning to power will never come true Since Congress ministers havent done anything wrong we neednt fear threats from BJP The entire country knows how the ED and CBI are being misused Kirit Somaiya is not taken seriously in his party If he wants to make Maharashtra corruption-free he should expose the misdeeds of BJP leaders If he does so then only he will get the support of the people Patole said Earlier in the day former MP Somaiya claimed he was stopped by police at Karad while he was on his way to Kolhapur after the district authorities cited law and order as well as security concerns following his allegations of corruption against Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif After being stopped Somaiya addressed a press conference in Karad alleging that attempts were made by Mumbai police on Sunday night to prevent him from boarding a Kolhapur-bound train and he was also jostled Patole said Congress had contributed to the progress and development of Maharashtra which has completed 60 years of its formation We will soon go to the people with our vision for the state for the coming 60 years he said PTI MR NSK NSK