Dino Morea arrested in connection with the Mithi River INR 65 crore scam

Bollywood actor Dino Morea has been arrested by the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in connection with the alleged Mithi River desilting scam. As reported by an Indian daily, Dino Morea was taken into custody on Friday, October 2, 2026, as part of the ongoing investigation into alleged financial irregularities linked to the project.

Why was Dino Morea summoned by the EOW wing of Mumbai Police?

Reportedly, the Raaz actor was questioned by the authorities for nearly eight hours at his Bandra residence in Mumbai before being arrested. The case relates to alleged irregularities in the desilting and rejuvenation work carried out on Mumbai’s Mithi River. The EOW is investigating suspected financial discrepancies in the project, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) allegedly suffering a loss of ₹65.54 crore.

In May, Dino Morea, was questioned by the EOW wing of the Mumbai Police, in connection with the Mithi River desilting scam.

A tweet in May read, "Actor Dino Morea reaches EOW office in Mumbai. He is being questioned in connection with the Mithi River cleaning scam. Earlier, the officials had questioned Dino Morea for about 7 hours yesterday."

The case centres around the alleged misappropriation of over INR 65 crore, funds originally allocated to clean and maintain Mithi River, a pivotal drainage artery in Mumbai, particularly significant for managing the city’s monsoon floods.

How is Dino Morea involved in the scam?

According to investigative reports, the scam involves exaggerated charges for the rental of dredging and silt-clearing equipment. Allegedly, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, along with Ketan Kadam and Jay Joshi, overbilled the civic body for machinery sourced from Kochi-based Matprop Technical Services Pvt. Ltd. The EOW believes that this was carried out in complicity with some Matprop employees and officials from the BMC’s Storm Water Drains (SWD) department.

The SIT of officials from the EOW is probing the scam, in which the BMC suffered a wrongful loss of more than INR 50 crore, according to a report in PTI. On May 3, the Mumbai police's special investigation team (SIT) registered a case against 13 persons, including contractors and civic officials, in connection with the scam and initiated searches at the premises of the accused. According to a PTI report, Dino and his brother Santino was linked to the main accused, Ketan Kadam, was unearthed after Mumbai police discovered multiple phone conversations between them.

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