Mumbai: A special CBI court on Friday made Radheshyam Mopalwar, former Superintendent of Stamps, an accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam along with the kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi and has sent him summons directing him to remain present before the court on July 27.
Special CBI Judge Chitra Bedi today issued the summons
following an application filed by Telgi`s lawyer I A Bagaria
seeking for Mopalwar to be declared as an accused in the case.
"We filed the application after Telgi in his
confessional statement revealed that Mopalwar, who was the
then Superintendent of the General Stamps office, was also
involved in the fake stamp paper scam," Bagaria said.
The court today accepted the application and has
declared Mopalwar as accused in three cases under various
Sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) like cheating, fraud and
forgery.
Bagaria also said that a similar application would be
filed again seeking for several other persons to also be
declared as accused in the case.
"Telgi in his confession had also revealed the names
of several politicians and police officers from the Special
Investigative Team (SIT)," he said.
Telgi in his confession had talked about how he had
entered the business of stamp vending with the help of
Mopalwar.
According to the confession, Mopalwar had told Telgi
that he would support him in every way in his business and
also promised to give him the client list of general stamp
office.
Incidentally, Mopalwar is the complainant and
prosecution witness in two or three other cases registered
against Telgi.
Bureau Report
