The Mumbai police have arrested one more accused in the alleged Rs 65 crore Mithi river desilting scam, an official said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) took the accused, Shershing Rathod, into custody recently after his role in the alleged irregularities came to the fore. He will be produced before the court later in the day, the official said, reported PTI.

This is the third arrest in the alleged scam. Earlier, EOW had arrested Ketan Kadam and Jai Joshi in connection with the case, reported PTI.