"Drawings" was one of the code words for bribe in the controversial Louis Berger bribery case used by officials to get kickbacks, investigators tracking the case have stated.
Elaborating on this, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said, "During investigation, a word which came to my attention was 'drawings'. Four drawings, six drawings.. It is a technical term used in engineering, which is why when you say 'drawings', no one will doubt," he said.
In a related development, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said the Centre will extend all possible assistance to expose the "scams" during Congress rule in Goa, terming the Louis Berger bribery case as just the "tip of the iceberg".
"This (Louis Berger scam) is just the tip of the iceberg. It is time to bring out all the Congress scams in the open," the BJP leader and former Goa CM said addressing party workers here yesterday. Parsekar had also spoken on the issue at the meet.
Crime Branch which has recorded several statements of Louis Berger company's local officials have confirmed that A Wachasunder, who headed JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) water project in Goa, had demanded the bribes.
Subsequently, Wachasunder was arrested and currently lodged in police custody.
Referring to Crime Branch's interrogation of former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat in connection with the scam, Parsekar left no one in doubt that the former CM will face more trouble.
"Is Kamat involved in the scam? Wait and watch. Crime branch has lot of proofs." He, however, did not delve into the details of the proofs.
Former PWD minister Churchill Alemao has also been interrogated by the Crime Branch.
Parrikar said that while the law enforcement agencies will do their work, the party should keep up pressure on Kamat, who headed the Congress-led government when the alleged bribery scam took place in 2009, and he should be "made to suffocate over the scam."
"They will be exposed. I guarantee that I will offer whatever help is needed from the Centre, right from the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax and CBI to expose them," he said.
