<h1>Procurement fraud in river desilting: tailored tenders and forged records led to criminal investigation and ongoing probe.</h1> A Special Investigation Team of the Economic Offences Wing registered an FIR against 13 persons over alleged procurement fraud in Mithi river desilting tenders (2017-2023), finding that tender specifications were tailored to benefit a particular supplier of dredging machines, contractors billed at inflated per-tonne rates and paid escalated sums, and supporting records-weighbridge logs and Memorandums of Understanding for sludge dumping-were forged or falsified; named contractors and municipal officials are under probe and further investigation continues.