Held for graft, KDMC engineer is worth crores Owns Eight Flats, 35L Gold

Kalyan:The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has found that KDMC deputy engineer Dattatray Mastud who, along with Shiv Sena corporator Vidyadhar Bhoir and one other, was nabbed on Thursday has assets worth crores. 

    ACB officials seized 742gm gold worth nearly Rs 35 lakh, over Rs 5.6 lakh cash in three banks accounts and eight flats in the name of Mastud and his wife, who is a homemaker, in posh localities of Pune, Navi Mumbai, Dombivli and Kalyan. Mastud also owns an SUV and a motorcycle. 
    The arrest of Mastud, a 1995-batch gold medalist IITian and known for his clean image, has shocked civic officials. But a source said during Mastud's posting as an executive engineer in the water department, an inquiry was initiated against him for allegedly waiving off water bill of some customers. Mastud joinedKDMC in 1995 as junior engineer and was promoted to the rank of deputy engineer. 
    While Bhoir was arrested from a Sena shakha while accepting Rs 4 lakh, Mastud and his clerk Kashinath Kadu were arrested from their office based on their phone conversations with complainant Ritu Bhatia. The accused had demanded Rs 4 lakh from Bhatia and threatened to demolish her 2,000 sq ft office in Kalyan (E) if she failed to pay up. 
    A Kalyan court on Friday remanded the accused in police custody till April 21. — Pradeep Gupta