Louis Berger bribery case: Crime branch summons former Goa CM Kamat for questioning

Crime branch on Wednesday issued summons to former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat for questioning in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case.

Louis Berger bribery case: Crime branch summons former Goa CM Kamat for questioning

New Delhi: Crime branch on Wednesday issued summons to former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat for questioning in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case.

On Monday, the Goa Police had told a court in Panaji that former PWD minister Churchill Alemao, who was arrested in the case earlier, is not cooperating in the probe and is indirectly threatening the Investigating Officer.

The Tarun Gogoi-led Assam government had also ordered a CID inquiry into the case earlier.

Louis Berger, a US-based consultancy firm, has admitted it paid bribes to Indian ministers to win contracts for water and sewerage projects (one each in Goa and Assam) to be implemented with Japanese assistance.

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