A PIL in the Bombay High Court has sought transfer of probe from city police to Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) in the alleged road contract and desilting scams, saying it would expose the "unholy nexus" between contractors and civic staff. The PIL, filed by Vivekananda Gupta, is placed for hearing before a division bench of Justices V M Kanade and M S Sonak on July 12.

The petition said there was water logging in the city on July 19 and 20 last year due to heavy rains following which Municipal Commissioner (MC) had ordered an inquiry into the desilting contract work. The probe revealed "unholy nexus" of contractors and civic officials, the petition alleged. Subsequently, the Municipal Commissioner ordered
filing of FIR against contractors involved in the 'Desilting scam', also known as 'nalla safai scam'.