<div>Former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat, who is accused of accepting bribes from Louis Berger officials to implement a Rs.1,031 crore-worth project, was on Wednesday granted interim bail until August 7.<br /><br />Kamat on Wednesday approached a court here seeking anticipatory bail. The development came as media reports suggested that Anand Wachsundar, director of the compromised project for which a bribe of $976,630 was paid by Louis Berger officials in 2010, could be made a government approver in the case. <br /><br />Louis Berger was part of a consortium that eventually won a contract to execute a multi-billion dollar water and sewerage project funded by the Japan International Co-operation Agency. Two people, including the director of the JICA-funded project Wachasundar and former India head of Louis Berger Satyakam Mohanty, have already been arrested.<br /><br />Congress legislator Kamat and then public works department minister Churchill Alemao, who served in Kamat cabinet at the time, have been questioned on more than one occasion. <br /><br /></div>
<div>Former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat, who is accused of accepting bribes from Louis Berger officials to implement a Rs.1,031 crore-worth project, was on Wednesday granted interim bail until August 7.<br /><br />Kamat on Wednesday approached a court here seeking anticipatory bail. The development came as media reports suggested that Anand Wachsundar, director of the compromised project for which a bribe of $976,630 was paid by Louis Berger officials in 2010, could be made a government approver in the case. <br /><br />Louis Berger was part of a consortium that eventually won a contract to execute a multi-billion dollar water and sewerage project funded by the Japan International Co-operation Agency. Two people, including the director of the JICA-funded project Wachasundar and former India head of Louis Berger Satyakam Mohanty, have already been arrested.<br /><br />Congress legislator Kamat and then public works department minister Churchill Alemao, who served in Kamat cabinet at the time, have been questioned on more than one occasion. <br /><br /></div>