India, Nov. 18 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police has filed a second charge sheet in the Rs.65-crore Mithi river desilting scam, against 49-year-old contractor Shersingh Rathore. The contractor, who owns Maindeep Enterprises, had swindled around Rs.29 crore from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in 2021 and 2022 by passing off construction debris as silt removed from the river bed, the 1,300-page charge sheet says. He had also paid Rs.4 crore from this amount to the alleged masterminds of the desilting scam, 50-year-old Ketan Kadam and 49-year-old Jay Joshi, says the charge sheet which quotes 39 witnesses.

Rathore, Kadam and Joshi are all currently in judicial custody.

"When Rathore bagged the contract to re...