Mumbai . The Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police on Wednesday filed a 7,000-page second supplementary chargesheet in the Esplanade Court (Fort Court) in connection with the alleged Rs 65.5 crore desilting scam of Mithi River. The chargesheet includes the names of two arrested accused Mahesh Purohit and Sunil Upadhyay and the testimony of 39 witnesses. According to investigators, both the accused are accused of preparing fake MoUs for dumping grounds in the name of farmers and presenting them as genuine documents to receive payments. Both were arrested by EOW in December last year.
The FIR, lodged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, alleges that officials of the BMC’s storm water drainage department conspired with contractors and middlemen between 2013 and 2023 to submit fake MoUs for dumping sites in the name of farmers. These fake documents were used to clear desilting payment bills. Fake weighing receipts and fake log sheets. In November last year (2025), the EOW had filed a nearly 1,300-page charge sheet against Rathore, owner of M/s Mendeep Enterprises, in the Esplanade Court.
Rathore was arrested in August 2025. Investigation into alleged financial irregularities in desilting of Mithi River is underway. A big project was prepared for desilting of Mithi River. Many irregularities have come to light in this entire project and it was told that the work was done only on paper and no work was done in the river. In the name of silt removal, payment was made by making fake bills and a lot of loot was done. In this case, first Mumbai Police formed SIT and after this the Economic Offenses Wing of Mumbai Police took the case under its control.
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