The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned at least eight people, including actor Dino Morea and his brother and some BMC officials, for questioning next week in a money laundering case related to the Mithi river desilting “scam”. Official sources gave this information on Saturday.
These notices have been issued after the federal investigation agency on Friday searched more than 15 premises linked to these people in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Kochi, Kerala. “Around eight to nine people, including actor Dino Morea, his brother Santino and some Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, have been asked to appear before the agency at the ED office in Mumbai on different dates next week,” a source said.
According to the source, everyone’s statements will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Apart from the house of Dino Morea in Bandra (West) area, the premises belonging to his brother and BMC officials and contractors were searched by the ED on Friday.
The ED case emerged from an FIR filed by the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police in an alleged scam of Rs 65.54 crore in contracts awarded from 2017 to 2023 for desilting the Mithi river. The EOW has registered a case against 13 people, including municipal corporation officials and contractors, for their involvement in the scam. Mithi River flows through Mumbai and joins the Arabian Sea.
