Pune, May 20: A special court here today remanded prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper racket Abdul Karim Telgi to 10-days CBI custody. Telgi, who was brought to the city from Bangalore following a production warrant issued by the special judge S M Shembole after CBI pressed for his police custody, was produced amidst unprecedented security by the central agency.
In the last hearing, the CBI which has taken over the investigations of the stamp paper racket as per the directions of the Supreme Court had sought custody of Telgi and others for interrogation.

Earlier, CBI had moved an application seeking police custody of seven accused, including prime accused Telgi, Mohammad alias Sajid, Jitendra alias Madar, S Kamleshwari Singh, Parvez Ahmed Saffar Telgi, Khalil Ahmed Khan and Safar Badami.

There is possibility of CBI filing chargesheet against Telgi and others.

Bureau Report