Actor Dino Morea’s Bandra residence was thoroughly searched by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Friday in connection with the multi-crore Mithi River desilting scam. “The case is likely to generate political clout ahead of civic polls,” said a source.

On Friday, the central agency conducted search operations at 15 locations in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Kochi in Kerala.

Among the 13 accused, two primary accused, Ketan Kadam, a middleman and Director of Woder India LLP, and Jayesh Joshi of Virgo Specialities Pvt Ltd, a company that allegedly supplied silt-pusher machines and other equipment to contractors involved in the desilting work, were arrested by the SIT. However, Joshi got bail on Thursday.