Mumbai, Nov 07: Joint Commissioner of Police (State Intelligence), Sridhar Vagal, one of the senior most officials of Maharashtra Police, has been questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with the multi-crore fake stamps scam, police sources said here. Vagal was summoned by sit Chief DGP S S Puri at the Maharashtra State Police Housing Corporation, Worli, on Tuesday and Wednesday. He is reported to have been questioned about the developments that took place in the Mumbai Crime Branch when scamster Abdul Karim Telgi was in police custody.
Earlier, the sit had sent a questionnaire to Vagal and sought clarification on certain issues, police sources said, but was summoned for questioning after some queries remained still unaddressed.
Vagal was heading the Mumbai Crime Branch when Telgi was arrested in connection with the fake stamps cases filed against him. The cases were probed by Assistant Police Inspector Dilip Kamath who was arrested by the SIT some time back.
Sources said the thrust of the questioning was on the information provided by the Crime Branch officers arrested by the sit so far.
Bureau Report