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 27 PTI The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to inform the court if any government hospital in Mumbai has pacemaker implantation facility that can be provided to businessman Rakesh Wadhawan who is accused of money laundering in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative PMC Bank fraud case In an order passed on Friday a single bench presided over by Justice Bharati Dangre asked the state prison authorities to inform it of the same by September 28 The bench said if the facility is not available in any government hospital then Wadhawan will have to be granted the option of undergoing such procedure at a private hospital of his choice and the expenses for it will have to be borne by him The HC issued the directions after perusing medical reports submitted by the city-based KEM Hospital where Wadhawan is currently admitted and by a private doctor who had visited Wadhawan at the hospital following the courts permission As per his medical reports Wadhawan is suffering from multiple health ailments including a heart condition known as the Tachy-Brady Syndrome The heart condition requires Wadhawan to undergo an angioplasty for implanting of a dual chamber pacemaker Wadhawans lawyer Abad Ponda told the HC As per the order the KEM authorities told the HC that such a facility was not available at their hospital The high court noted that Wadhawans heart condition was acute The assistant public prosecutor is directed to take instructions on the availability of the facility in any government hospital in Mumbai If not to offer an alternate solution since the prayer made by learned senior counsel is that the procedure can be carried out by private hospital of his own choice and at his expenses while in custody the HC said Wadhawan founder of the Housing Development Infrastructure Limited was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in 2019 on charges of money laundering in the PMC bank scam He has been in judicial custody since then and currently admitted in the KEM Hospital PTI AYA GK GK