India, Aug. 11 -- Businessmen Ketan Kadam and Jay Joshi, arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police in connection with the Rs.65.54-crore Mithi river desilting fraud, indirectly decided who would get contracts from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to desilt the river, according to the charge sheet filed by the investigating agency earlier this month.

Kadam, director of Woder India LLP, a Mumbai-based company that provides desilting services, and Jay, associated with Virgo Specialties Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based industrial products manufacturer, connived with BMC officials to insert clauses in desilting contracts that favoured certain bidders. The clauses pertained to the requirement of specific machines manufac...