Contractor Romin Chheda, arrested on Friday in connection with the Economic Offences Wing’s (EOW) probe into alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, was on Saturday remanded to police custody for two days.

Chheda was arrested on Friday after several hours of questioning for allegedly causing losses amounting to R6 crore to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. He was subsequently produced before the Esplanade Court in south Mumbai, where the EOW sought his custody for further investigation.