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MAPUSA
A Mapusa court adjourned hearing against former chief minister and Congress MLA Digambar Kamat and former PWD minister and NCP MLA Churchill Alemao on a complaint filed by enforcement directorate in the infamous Louis Berger bribery case to January 22, 2019.
The Additional District and Sessions Court adjourned the matter after Kamat sought more time from the court.
“Digambar Kamat had moved an application seeking a more time. It is now fixed for arguments before charge on January 22,” said Special Public Prosecutor for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), G D Kirtani.
It may be recalled a court constituted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) had issued summons to Kamat and Alemao, asking them to appear in person on August 28 in Mapusa court in the Louis Berger bribery case.
The ED had attached properties worth Rs 1.95 crore belonging to both the MLAs.
The ED registered an enforcement case in August 2015 against ministers in the Goa government in 2010, Louis Berger and others.
The crime branch filed a charge sheet in the bribery case against Alemao and others in September 2015 for corruption to the tune of Rs 1.95 crore.
