The Economic Offenses Branch of the Mumbai Police on Monday questioned actor Dino Moriya in a 65 crore sweet river cleaning scam. The actor was summoned after his name surfaced during the investigation. He was questioned at the EOW office at Mumbai Police Headquarters.The case is related to alleged misuse of more than Rs 65 crore, originally allocated for cleaning the sweet river.
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In sweet river scamDino Moriya questioned
Bollywood actor Dino Moriya appeared before the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police on Monday morning in connection with the ongoing investigation into the sweet river scam. Officials confirmed that Moriya reached the EOW office for questioning at around 11 am today.
According to EOW sources, Moriya was summoned after the investigators found several phone conversations between his, his brother and the main accused Ketan Kadam. The nature and reference of these conversations are currently being investigated.
About scam
The scam includes the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) alleged financial irregularities in the fare of silt extracting machines and dreging equipment. EOW alleges that Kadam and co-accused Jai Joshi collected highly increased rates from the Municipal Corporation for the machinery purchased from Kochi-based firm Matpopp Technical Services Private Limited. Investigators believe that this was done in connivance with Matterop officials and BMC Storm Water Drain (SWD) Department officials.
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Dino Moriya’s name came to light during analysis of call records and financial transactions related to the accused. Police officials said the actor interrogation is part of his possible role or an attempt to verify their information about the transaction between the steps and other parties. Further investigation is going on.
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