Two more held in Rs 7 cr 145;CBI bribery146; case

Rungta and Gautam were caught accepting a bribe of Rs 1 crore on Tuesday. Their interrogations led to the arrest of Dugar and Pankaj Saraf as 8220;accomplices8221; in the crime from Rungta8217;s office Surya Alloy Steel Industries Private Ltd at 1/1 Camac Street here. The four have been charged with Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120B of the IPC criminal conspiracy. They were produced in Alipur court on Wednesday and remanded to judicial custody till October 27.

In February 2006, the CBI had arrested Kolkata-based businessman Dinesh Dalmia, a director of software company DSQ Software Ltd, who was involved in a scam estimated at Rs 595 crore. A chargesheet against Dalmia was filed in the court of ACMM, Egmore, Chennai.

According to sources, K P Dalmia, father of Dinesh Dalmia, met K K Rungta recently in Kolkata. Rungta allegedly offered Dalmia to arrange a bail for his son from the SC and demanded Rs 7 crore. Rungta told Dalmia that Rs 5 crore will be spent on fixing CBI officers and 2 crore would be his fees. Rungta wanted Rs 1 crore as the first installment. Subsequently, Dalmia lodged a complaint with the anti-corruption wing of the CBI.