RTI activist wanted MBMC engineer dead after his contract to supply food to Covid-19 centres was cancelled

Police say MBMC's Deepak Khambit had cancelled activist Raju Vishwakarma's contract to provide food at civic Covid-19 centres owing to quality issue

RTI activist Raju Vishwakarma was furious at the senior MBMC employee, who was shot at last month by the men hired by his two subordinates, as he had cancelled the former's contract with the civic body to supply food to MBMC Covid-19 centres, Mira Bhayandar police said on Friday.

Shree Krishna Mohite

Two junior engineers of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) had given a ‘supari’ of Rs 20 lakh to kill civic body's Executive Engineer Deepak Khambit, but he survived.

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The juniors -- Yashwant Deshmukh and Shree Krishna Mohite -- had hired the contract killers through Vishwakarma. Police said Vishwakarma had a beef with the Khambit, because he had cancelled his contract with the civic body to supply food to MBMC Covid-19 centres. The contract was cancelled because Vishwakarma was supplying poor quality food, police added.

Yashwant Deshmukh

Police also found that Mohite and Deshmukh used to inform Vishwakarma about the alleged illegal works going on under the MBMC and would ask him to file complaints against any irregularities. In return, Vishwakarma received Rs 65,000 every month from the duo.

Pradeep Pathak

Deshmukh and Mohite had assured Vishwakarma of all possible help to get Khambit out of their way, including financial help, said an officer.

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