A senior official said the first information report (FIR) was made on charges of misappropriation of property, criminal breach of trust, and criminal conspiracy under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, and under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Top officials of Louis Berger have already pleaded guilty in a US court to offering bribes to the tune of $3.9 million to secure contracts in Asian countries like India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kuwait.
The FIR was filed after lengthy questioning of Anand Wachasundar, project director of the water and sewage project.
Former chief minister Digambar Kamat and former Public Works Department minister Churchill Alemao could also come into the ambit of the bribery investigation, sources said. Both Kamat and Alemao have denied the allegation.
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