COVID-19 physique luggage buy ‘rip-off’: Ex-Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar seems earlier than EOW
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MUMBAI: Former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar appeared earlier than the Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing on Monday in reference to an alleged rip-off within the buy of physique luggage for COVID-19 victims, a police official stated.
On September 6, the Bombay High Court granted interim safety from arrest for 4 weeks to Pednekar, noting the case probe was on and at this stage custodial interrogation was not warranted.
The courtroom additionally directed Pednekar to cooperate with the probe within the case and seem earlier than the town police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on September 11, 13 and 16 for questioning.
On Monday, Pednekar reached the EOW workplace right here at round 11 am to face an inquiry into the case, the official stated.
Pednekar approached the HC after a classes courtroom rejected her pre-arrest bail plea, saying she was accused of an financial offence involving an enormous quantity of public cash.
The EOW had registered a case in opposition to Pednekar and two senior officers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) below numerous Indian Penal Code sections together with 420 (dishonest) and 120 (B) (legal conspiracy), based mostly on a grievance filed by BJP chief Kirit Somaiya.
It was alleged that there was a misappropriation of funds and irregularities within the administration of well being services and the acquisition of physique luggage for deceased coronavirus sufferers, masks and different gadgets by the BMC in the course of the pandemic.
Pednekar was Mumbai mayor from November 2019 until March 2022 when the time period of the BMC’s common physique ended.
Fresh civic elections are but to be held.
In her pre-arrest bail plea, Pednekar claimed she was falsely implicated within the case and the grievance in opposition to her was politically motivated.
She claimed the case was lodged solely after the cut up within the Shiv Sena occasion and that she was being focused as she belongs to the Uddhav Thackeray faction.
MUMBAI: Former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar appeared earlier than the Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing on Monday in reference to an alleged rip-off within the buy of physique luggage for COVID-19 victims, a police official stated.
On September 6, the Bombay High Court granted interim safety from arrest for 4 weeks to Pednekar, noting the case probe was on and at this stage custodial interrogation was not warranted.
The courtroom additionally directed Pednekar to cooperate with the probe within the case and seem earlier than the town police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on September 11, 13 and 16 for questioning.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
On Monday, Pednekar reached the EOW workplace right here at round 11 am to face an inquiry into the case, the official stated.
Pednekar approached the HC after a classes courtroom rejected her pre-arrest bail plea, saying she was accused of an financial offence involving an enormous quantity of public cash.
The EOW had registered a case in opposition to Pednekar and two senior officers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) below numerous Indian Penal Code sections together with 420 (dishonest) and 120 (B) (legal conspiracy), based mostly on a grievance filed by BJP chief Kirit Somaiya.
It was alleged that there was a misappropriation of funds and irregularities within the administration of well being services and the acquisition of physique luggage for deceased coronavirus sufferers, masks and different gadgets by the BMC in the course of the pandemic.
Pednekar was Mumbai mayor from November 2019 until March 2022 when the time period of the BMC’s common physique ended.
Fresh civic elections are but to be held.
In her pre-arrest bail plea, Pednekar claimed she was falsely implicated within the case and the grievance in opposition to her was politically motivated.
She claimed the case was lodged solely after the cut up within the Shiv Sena occasion and that she was being focused as she belongs to the Uddhav Thackeray faction.
