Mumbai, May 6 -- The Mumbai police on Tuesday registered an FIR against five contractors, three Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, three middlemen, and two private company officials for causing more than Rs 65.54 crore loss to the civic body in the alleged Mithi river cleaning project scam. The scam is claimed to be worth Rs 1,000 crore.
The FIR was lodged by the special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) which has been conducting raids at 8-9 places in Mumbai since morning.The raids include offices and residents of the contractors and BMC officials.
Based on the finding of the SIT, the FIR was registered.
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