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Mumbai police arrest one more accused in Mithi river desilting scam
Updated On: 21 August, 2025 02:34 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The Mumbai Police had in May registered a case against 13 people, including contractors and civic officials, for an alleged Rs 65.54 crore scam in the tenders awarded from 2017-2023 for the desilting of Mithi, which flows through Mumbai and acts as a stormwater drainage channel for the metro city
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The Mumbai police have arrested one more accused in the alleged Rs 65 crore Mithi river desilting scam, an official said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) took the accused, Shershing Rathod, into custody recently after his role in the alleged irregularities came to the fore. He will be produced before the court later in the day, the official said, reported PTI.
This is the third arrest in the alleged scam. Earlier, EOW had arrested Ketan Kadam and Jai Joshi in connection with the case, reported PTI.
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