Mithi river desilting scam | Wrongful loss of public money of BMC to which common Mumbaikars give tax: Court
IN THE detailed order rejecting anticipatory bail to an accused in the Mithi river desilting scam case, a Mumbai court said that wrongful loss of public money is caused to the civic body, to which the common Mumbaikar gives tax every year.
While rejecting the pre-arrest bail plea of BMC Engineer Prashant Ramugade, the court said that as an officer in an important post, it is his duty to safeguard public interest, but he had “failed to do so”.
The court last week rejected the pre-arrest pleas of Ramugade and businessman Bhupendra Rajpurohit, a contractor.
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The Mumbai Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) opposed Rajpurohit’s plea alleging that he had submitted forged documents to the BMC without actually desilting and transporting silt from the ri...
