The special investigation team (SIT) formed to probe the Rs 350-crore road scam caught two big fish yesterday: BMC’s chief engineer (roads) Ashok Padamsingh Pawar and chief engineer (vigilance) Uday Namdeo Murudkar. Theirs were the first big arrests from the BMC in the case.

Pawar and Murudkar had signed on all documents, helping junior-level officers and employees of the six errant contractors — Jeetendra Kikavat of Mahavir Infrastructure, Nitin Shah of RPS Infra Projects, Nalin Gupta of J Kumar, Tejas Shah from Relcon Infraprojects, Narendra Madhani of RK Madhani and Konark Shah of KR Constructions — send estimations on road repair works. They were hand in glove with the accused and played an important role in the scam, said a police officer. Both engineers also allegedly approved the roads built by the six contractors.