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Former Assam minister denied involvement into alleged US firm bribery case
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Former Assam minister and present Congress MLA Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma had denied involvement into the alleged bribery case involving a US firm Louis Berger International Inc to win contract for a water supply project in Guwahati.
Former Assam minister and present Congress MLA Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma had denied involvement into the alleged bribery case involving a US firm Louis Berger International Inc to win contract for a water supply project in Guwahati.
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During a press conference, the Congress MLA of Jalukbari constituency said that, he never involved in the alleged bribery case.
“There have no mentioned of any minister of Assam involved in the bribery case involving the US firm in the chargesheet filed in US court,” Dr Sarma said.
Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma was then minister of Guwahati Development department, when the US firm won contract for a water supply project in Guwahati under Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA).
US Department of Justice had revealed in their 11-page chargesheet that Louis Berger had maintained detailed diary and account of bribery made to Indian officials.
The firm admitted to involvement of its employees in bribe payments of $ 3.9 million between 1998 and 2010 in India, Indonesia, Kuwait and Vietnam.
Former executives of the firm Richard Hirsch (61 years) and James McClung (59 years) had pleaded guilty in the Federal court in Trenton, New Jersey.
Louis Berger International Inc had won contract as Project Management Consultant (PMC) of a water supply project worth Rs 1427 cr under financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under GMDA in the year 2009-2010.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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