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Mithi case: BMC engineer denied pre-arrest bail

Mithi case: BMC engineer denied pre-arrest bail

Time of India26-06-2025
Mumbai: A sessions court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of BMC engineer Prashant Ramugade in the Rs 65-crore Mithi river desilting scam case. The court, however, granted him interim relief from arrest for a fortnight.
Ramugade, deputy chief engineer of Mithi river development project, requested the court to grant the relief as he wanted to file an appeal in HC.
Last week, in a detailed order rejecting the anticipatory bail plea of deputy chief engineer of the stormwater drains department (operations and maintenance), Prashant Tayshete, the sessions court had said that prima facie evidence indicates he, along with other BMC officers, played a role in manipulating the tender terms and conditions to ensure the use of two specific machines for the desilting work. tnn
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