A 50-year-old contractor has been arrested in connection with the Rs 65-crore Mithi river desilting scam for allegedly creating fake MoUs and receiving Rs 26.92 crore through bogus bills, an official said on Thursday. Pics/Shadab Khan
Updated On: 2025-08-21 06:51 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the city police took Rathod into custody on Wednesday after his role in the alleged irregularities came to the fore
Rathod, who was nabbed from Borivali in the western suburbs, will be produced before the court later in the day, the official said
This is the third arrest in the alleged scam. Earlier, EOW had arrested middleman Ketan Kadam and Jai Joshi in connection with the case
Police said Rathod had obtained a contract from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in 2021-22 to remove silt from Mithi
He created Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the land owners to dispose of the silt. However, the documents were found to be fake. Rathod allegedly even created fake signatures to show a deceased person as a landlord, the official said
