Bail pleas of two held in Mithi desilting scam case rejected
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Earlier this month, the police's Economic Offences Wing arrested Ketan Kadam, director of Woder India LLP, and Jayesh Joshi of Virgo Specialities, who allegedly supplied equipment like silt pusher machines to various contractors assigned to desilting the Mithi river.
Rejecting their bail pleas in separate orders, additional chief judicial magistrate Vinod Patil said, "It is the case of the prosecution that the accused, by using his influence and maintaining good terms with officers of the municipal corporation, caused loss...
and grabbed some amounts... If the present accused is released on bail, the possibility of causing a hurdle in the investigation cannot be ruled out."
BMC officers — Prashant Tayshete, deputy chief engineer of stormwater drains dept (Operation & Maintenance) and Prashant Ramugade, deputy chief engineer of Mithi River Development Project — have moved the sessions court seeking anticipatory bail.
It is the case of the prosecution that Joshi is the mastermind and he used his influence on the officers.
Seeking bail, Kadam's lawyer submitted that since the prosecution's case relies solely on documentary evidence, his custody is not warranted. It was also submitted that he did not receive a single rupee and is neither a director nor a partner in Virgo or Woder. The lawyer claimed that Kadam was made a scapegoat.
Joshi submitted that he neither received any illegal gains, nor did he or his company receive extra margin, as alleged by the prosecution.
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The prosecution alleged that he used "undue influence" and "contacts" with MCGM officers to interfere with the tender process, even incurring expenses for their tours to Delhi. It was contended that Joshi influenced the modification of tender conditions to favour the inclusion of specific machines, thereby causing wrongful loss to the govt and the public at large.
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