Overview

• BJP and Congress members pressed the Maharashtra Legislative Council to invoke MCOCA against those linked to the Mithi river desilting irregularities
• Mumbai Police EOW’s Special Investigation Team has expanded its inquiry to encompass all desilting contracts from 2006 through 2024
• The Enforcement Directorate has taken suo motu action and investigators are preparing to freeze assets tied to suspected misappropriation exceeding ₹1,000 crore
• Probe teams are seeking to trace 1.67 million tonnes of silt removed since 2013 that have no recorded dumping site
• Mastermind Ketan Kadam remains in custody; Jai Joshi has secured bail and some suspects are known hospitality business owners