Mumbai, May 6 (UNI) The Mumbai police on Tuesday registered an FIR against five contractors, three Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, three middlemen, and two private company officials for causing more than Rs 65.54 crore loss to the civic body in the alleged Mithi river cleaning project scam. The scam is claimed to be worth Rs 1,000 crore.
The FIR was lodged by the special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) which has been conducting raids at 8-9 places in Mumbai since morning.The raids include offices and residents of the contractors and BMC officials.
Based on the finding of the SIT, the FIR was registered.
Five contractors, accused of signing fake MoUs, and three BMC officials, have been named in the FIR.
The SIT is investigating the alleged fund misappropriation in the Mithi river desilting project, active for 20 years.
The investigation has begun with summons issued to three contractors -- Kashiwal from Kailash Construction, Rishabh Jain from Acute Enterprises, and Sher Singh from Mandeep Enterprises.
Led by EOW’s joint commissioner VD Mishra, the SIT will examine how Rs 1,300 crore was spent by the BMC and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on the 17.8 km project since 2005.
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