Overview

• On June 30, a sessions court refused anticipatory bail to BMC engineer Prashant Ramugade and contractor Bhupendra Rajpurohit, citing prima facie evidence of collusion in fake billing.
• On July 1, the EOW revealed a ₹92 lakh transfer into a Ramugade-linked firm, marking the latest financial lead in the ongoing investigation.
• Prosecutors uncovered forged MOUs with landowners and falsified logsheets and photographs to inflate bills for non-existent silt removal.
• Money-laundering trails show entities like M/s Groupo Solutions received at least ₹41.94 lakh from contractors, implicating intermediaries close to civic officials.
• Investigators estimate wrongful losses to the BMC exceed ₹65 crore since 2017, triggering asset freezes, ED raids and extended judicial scrutiny.