New Delhi, Jan 09: CBI has arrested four more Railway Protection Force officials, including an inspector, in the multi-crore fake stamp papers case for allegedly conspiring with scamster Abdul Karim Telgi in stealing Rs 23 crore worth stamp papers and stamps from India Security Press. Inspector V R Joshi, Sub-Inspector P S Dhake, constable B S More and retired head constable B R Virk were arrested last evening by the CBI from Nashik, CBI sources said.

The CBI was carrying searches at their respective residences and official premises.

With the arrest of these four, the number of RPF officials nabbed in this case has gone upto seven. Earlier, a senior commandant of RPF R P Pawar along with Inspector B K Tiwari and constable Sarvar Khan were arrested by the CBI on December 20 after the agency had registered a case on December 16. The CBI, in its FIR had accused Pawar, Tiwari and Khan of entering into a criminal conspiracy with Telgi between 1997 and 2000 to pilfer government stamps, stamp papers despatched by India Security Press to various states governments and treasuries.

The sources said that the interrogation of the earlier arrested RPF men had led to the nabbing of another four personnel who were also allegedly involved in opening of boxes inside a railway wagon and stealing stamps.

The CBI alleged that the original stamps and stamp papers were later handed over to Telgi for illegal gratification, the sources said.

Bureau Report