2 more arrested by CBI in the biggest ever bribe case

    
NEW DELHI: Continuing its probe into the biggest ever bribe case, CBI on Wednesday arrested two more persons in Kolkata, a day after an advocate and a businessman were nabbed for allegedly accepting Rs one crore from the father of a man arrested in Rs 595-crore scam to secure bail.
    
After the arrest of Gautam Shroff of Shroff and Shroff lawyers firm and K K Rungta last night, the CBI carried out searches at various places and at their instance recovered another Rs 75 lakh.
    
The persons arrested today have been identified as advocate Pankaj Shroff and Rungta's accountant Padam Chand Duggar, the agency said.
    
K P Dalmia, father of Dinesh Dalmia, who is in jail since February 2006, in his complaint alleged that he was approached by Gautam Shroff allegedly with a demand of Rs seven crore as bribe for the release of his son with the help of CBI officials.
    
According to the agency, the lawyer had claimed that Rs five crore was meant for the CBI officers.
    
Dinesh, the then Managing Director of DSQ Software, was arrested by CBI in Delhi in 2006 in connection with the alleged Rs 595-crore scam and has since been trying for bail. However, he failed to get a bail from the Supreme Court on three occasions.
    
CBI alleged that Shroff, on seeing the plight of Dalmia, had recently approached him with a demand of Rs seven crore on the pretext that the money had to be paid to some of CBI officers and lawyers for not opposing the bail of Dinesh. Rs one crore was being paid as the first installment.