A court rejected the anticipatory bail application of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya in a case pertaining to alleged misappropriation of over Rs 57 crore funds collected to save aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. Kirit Somaiya, a former MP from Mumbai, and his son Neil have been booked in the case.

Fearing arrest in the case, the duo had sought anticipatory bail from additional sessions judge R N Rokade. The judge, while refusing pre-arrest bail to Kirit Somaiya, said there were pictures to show he collected money in the name of saving the decommissioned aircraft carrier from getting dismantled, but the same was not deposited with the state governor's office.