India, June 6 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched extensive searches across Mumbai on Friday in connection with the sensational Mithi River desilting scam, unearthing a massive network of alleged corruption, forged contracts, and financial fraud involving civic officials and private contractors.

The crackdown follows the granting of bail to Jay Joshi, a representative of Virgo Specialties Pvt Ltd, who had earlier been arrested in the same case. While a magistrate court had denied his bail plea citing the probe's early stage, a Mumbai sessions court granted it on Thursday, though the detailed order is awaited.

The ED's investigation aligns with the findings of the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW), which uncovered a d...