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Mithi River desilting scam: Mumbai Police's EOW arrests two more accused in case
Updated On: 10 December, 2025 07:14 PM IST | Mumbai | Anish Patil
The police officials said that last year, three BMC officials, five contractors, three intermediaries and two private companies were booked at Azad Maidan Police Station for irregularities in the long-running desilting project
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Police said the inquiry is ongoing and more arrests were likely in the case. Representational Pic/File
Mumbai Police`s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested two more people in connection with the alleged Rs 65.54-crore Mithi River desilting scam, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five, officials said on Wednesday.
Contractors Sunil Upadhyay and Mahesh Purohit were taken into custody for allegedly obtaining work orders using a forged Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), they said.
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