Panaji: Former Goa Public Works Department minister Churchill Alemao was sent to four days police custody on Thursday in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case.
Alemao was on August 6 detained from Agassaim village in south Goa at 10:30 PM and later put under arrest around midnight by the Goa Crime Branch police.
Alemao has been arrested under various sections of prevention of corruption act and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code, a senior police official said.
Along with former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat, Alemao has been questioned by Crime branch in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case in past. Alemao was state PWD minister when officials of the US-based company Louis Berger paid bribe to win consultancy for water augmentation and sewerage pipeline project under Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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