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Mithi River Desilting Probe: Two More Contractors Arrested, Police Custody Till Dec. 16

Investigators say forged dumping-site MoUs were used to claim crores from the BMC.

Mumbai, India. June 27, 2025: View of the polluted Mithi River in the BKC and Kurla area of Mumbai. The Mithi River flows through Salsette Island, which is part of the city of Mumbai. Mumbai, India. June 27, 2025. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Raju Shinde)
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Overview

  • Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing arrested contractors Sunil Upadhyay of SNB Infrastructure and Mahesh Purohit of MB Brothers, taking total arrests in the case to five.
  • A magistrate sent both accused to police custody until December 16 after they were produced in the Esplanade Court.
  • EOW officers allege the pair used bogus MoUs with forged landowner signatures to support bills for desilting and dumping that were not carried out as claimed.
  • Investigators attribute about ₹27.79 crore in payments to SNB Infrastructure and about ₹23.43 crore to MB Brothers during 2013–2020 using falsified documents.
  • The FIR-linked probe, supported by an SIT, pegs the civic loss at roughly ₹65–65.54 crore and is tracing the money trail and possible civic-official roles, with more arrests likely.