India, June 9 -- Mahesh Subhash Patil, a serving Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) assistant commissioner, has been suspended after investigators declared him a "wanted accused" who is currently absconding. He is accused of helping dupe members of actor Javed Jaaferi's family of Rs.16.24 crore through a bogus redevelopment investment scheme.

The case pertains to an alleged investment fraud in which Javed Jaaferi's wife, Habiba Jaaferi, accused Patil and businessman Nishit Patel of luring the family into investing in a Bandra redevelopment project using forged government documents and false promises of high returns.

According to the suspension order, the Crime Branch informed the BMC that Patil, posted in the K-North ward, is a wa...