SOMAIYA MOVES HC SEEKING CBI PROBE INTO ‘ATTACK’ ON HIM

MUMBAI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya on Thursday filed a petition in the Bombay high court for quashing the First Information Report (FIR) registered at Bandra police station which he claims was manipulated by the police.

Somaiya has also prayed for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged attack on him on April 23 outside Khar police station for a thorough and impartial investigation.

Somaiya also sought an inquiry against the police officers who allegedly manipulated the FIR. Besides, he called for a court-monitored inquiry into the action of police authorities regarding the attack on him at the Khar police station compound.

Somaiya’s petition, filed through advocate Vivekananda Gupta, states that he was “brutally attacked by the workers of a political party, namely Shiv Sena, ruling Maharashtra at present. After the attack on him in Khar Police Station, he sought to lodge an FIR before Bandra Police Station.”

“Somaiya’s detailed statement was recorded by police inspector Rajesh Devre of Bandra police station who lodged a fake and frivolous complaint by manipulating the details of the facts narrated by the Petitioner and also illegally uploaded the same without the signature of Somaiya,” his petition said.

It further stated that he immediately lodged a protest about the falsity in the said complaint and even refused to sign it as it was drafted for the convenience of the alleged political activists of Shiv Sena and the colluding police officers as per the instructions of the higher-ups.

HT FILE PHOTO Kirit Somaiya