Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge N G Shukla rejected Kadam’s fresh bail plea on October 14, calling him the mastermind with direct involvement and noting a risk of evidence tampering and threats to witnesses.
- Prosecutors allege he conspired with BMC officials to frame tender terms that forced contractors to hire machines from Virgo Specialties, causing wrongful loss to the civic body in a scam pegged at about Rs 65 crore.
- The court flagged a money trail that includes Rs 2.41 crore moved from Virgo into Kadam’s personal account as purported salary without supporting documents, along with transactions routed via shell companies.
- Records cited in the order refer to transfers to Groupo Solution and Woder India, including Rs 50 lakh and Rs 41.94 lakh, which the court said prima facie indicate wrongful gains linked to the contracts.
- This was Kadam’s second bail rejection after a chargesheet was filed; he was arrested by the EOW in May, and anticipatory-bail pleas by implicated BMC officials remain pending before the Bombay High Court.