Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing began questioning actor Dino Morea on Friday, probing his alleged ties to a Rs 65‑crore contract for desilting the Mithi River.
The contract, awarded to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, involved specialized sludge‑pushing equipment from Kochi‑based Matprop Technical Services, but investigators say the firm and BMC officials inflated costs to siphon off funds.
Call‑detail records show Morea exchanged dozens of messages with BMC storm‑water officer Ketan Kadam and contractor Jay Joshi, suggesting both personal and financial connections that warrant deeper scrutiny.
The Enforcement Directorate has joined the probe under the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act, while local sanitation workers complain that delayed desilting has left the river’s polluted waters uncleaned, threatening public health. Police will review Morea’s bank statements and may summon him again before the case moves to court.