India, Dec. 19 -- The Nashik police on Thursday could not arrest Manikrao Kokate, who resigned as Maharashtra minister after being stripped of his portfolios following his conviction in a 1995 cheating and forgery case, after Lilavati Hospital authorities said he was unwell and scheduled to undergo coronary angiography on Friday evening.

The Nashik police team recorded the statement of Dr Kuldeep, who heads the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital in Bandra West, on Thursday night.

Senior Inspector of the Nashik police crime branch Anchal Mudgal said they would wait until the angiography is over.

Kokate, who resigned from the council of ministers after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis put his foot down, has moved the High Court fo...