FIR in Mithi desilting scam: 5 contractors, 3 BMC 0fficials booked for Rs 50 crore loss

FIR in Mithi desilting scam: 5 contractors, 3 BMC 0fficials booked for Rs 50 crore loss
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MUMBAI: The Economic Offences Wing’s special investigation team (SIT), probing the Mithi River desilting scam, on Tuesday registered an FIR against five contractors, three BMC officials, two company representatives and three middlemen for causing a wrongful loss of over Rs 50 crore to the civic body. The police have launched searches at multiple locations linked to the accused.
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Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.

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