India, Aug. 2 -- A 7,000-page charge-sheet has been submitted against two alleged middlemen involved in the Mithi River desilting fraud. Police said the charge-sheet also names deputy chief engineers Prashant Ramgude and Ganesh Bendre of the storm water drains department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), and civic official Prashant Tayshete.

"We have submitted a charge-sheet of more than 7,000 pages before the EOW (Economic Offences Wing) court. The court is yet to take cognisance of the chargesheet," said a police officer, adding that around 15 people have been cited as witnesses.

The charge-sheet was submitted by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police in the Esplanade metropolitan magistrate court on Frid...