Louis Berger case: Former India head arrested for graft
 

Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) Louis Berger group's former vice president Satyakam Mohanty was arrested here on Monday by the Crime Branch for paying off Goa politicians and officials in 2010 while he was serving as the head of the international consultancy firm in India. Mohanty, who resides in Gurgaon in the National Capital Region, was booked under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act for offering bribe to Goa politicians and officials to secure implantation rights for a Rs.1,031 crore water and sewerage management project in 2010, a police official told IANS on the condition of a**nymity. Top officials of Louis Berger have already pleaded guilty to a New Jersey District Court to offering bribes of $3.9 million to secure contracts in countries such as India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kuwait.

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