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Key associate of stamp racket kingpin Abdul Telgi arrested
Mumbai, June 13: The investigations in the multi-crore stamp paper scam has taken a significant turn with the arrest of a key aide of the prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi who had financed purchase of machine used for printing counterfeit stamps.
Mumbai, June 13: The investigations in the multi-crore stamp paper scam has taken a significant turn with the arrest of a key aide of the prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi who had financed purchase of machine used for printing counterfeit stamps.
The accused Manoj Mehta was arrested yesterday by the special investigating team from his residence at Garoda Nagar in suburban Ghatkopar and produced before a Pune court which remanded him to police custody till June 26, prosecutor Raja Thakre Tolt said here today.
Sit alleged Mehta, who had direct links with telgi, had deposited cash in his account and bought a demand draft for purchase of machinery to print fake stamps and stamp papers.
In a related development, sit has sealed a factory owned by Telgi in Thane and moved a special court in Pune for attachment of immovable properties of the accused located in Mumbai, he said.
Sit had initially sought attachment of thane polyorganics factory-owned by Telgi but when it found certain activities going on there it sought permission of the court to seal the factory, the prosecutor said.
Sit has also moved the court to attach five other properties belonging to Telgi in Mumbai. They are Cuffe Parade Apartment, Shirrn Manzil Apartment, Sunny House Apartment, Mat Uradas Estate Apartment and Atankar Lodge. Sit alleged that all the properties were purchased by Telgi with the scam.
Bureau Report
Sit alleged Mehta, who had direct links with telgi, had deposited cash in his account and bought a demand draft for purchase of machinery to print fake stamps and stamp papers.
In a related development, sit has sealed a factory owned by Telgi in Thane and moved a special court in Pune for attachment of immovable properties of the accused located in Mumbai, he said.
Sit had initially sought attachment of thane polyorganics factory-owned by Telgi but when it found certain activities going on there it sought permission of the court to seal the factory, the prosecutor said.
Sit has also moved the court to attach five other properties belonging to Telgi in Mumbai. They are Cuffe Parade Apartment, Shirrn Manzil Apartment, Sunny House Apartment, Mat Uradas Estate Apartment and Atankar Lodge. Sit alleged that all the properties were purchased by Telgi with the scam.
Bureau Report