Mithi desilting scam: Two intermediaries arrested

The Mumbai police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) late Tuesday arrested two of the 13 accused in the alleged Mithi River desilting scam, which led to a loss of over ₹65 crore for the BMC.

- Vinay Dalvi

MUMBAI:

The arrested accused are Ketan Kadam, the director of Woder India LLP, a Mumbai-based company that provides desilting services; and Jayesh Joshi, who is associated with Virgo Specialties Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based industrial product manufacturer.

According to the police, the arrested accused acted as intermediaries in renting out silt pusher machines and multipurpose amphibious dredging equipment supplied by Kochi-based Matprop Technical Services Pvt Ltd. They allegedly charged the BMC an inflated amount for the equipment, in connivance with civic officials.