New Delhi, Nov 16: CBI is planning to seek the remand of scamster Abdul Rehman Telgi in connection with the three cases registered in the alleged distribution of fake stamp papers in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat. Highly-placed CBI sources said Telgi's role had come to the fore in the case registered by the CBI in Gujarat last year in which one kingpin Sadiq Ibrahim, arrested by the CBI, allegedly named Telgi as the brain behind the scam.
The sources said that the CBI would soon approach an Ahmedabad court to seek Telgi's remand in the case. The case relates to arrest of seven persons including Sahaya services, who were allegedly selling fake non-judicial papers in Ahmedabad. During investigations, the CBI arrested some more people in this connection and recovered a stock of such fake material to the tune of Rs 8.57 crore.
CBI has seized various bank accounts whose transactions were being traced to beneficiaries after it was suspected that money was allegedly routed to Telgi also.
CBI also recently registered a regular case on November 12 against three persons Venkateshwara Rao, Ram and Subramaniam after the Andhra Pradesh Police had recovered fake stamps and non-judicial papers to the tune of Rs 1.25 lakh. After the case was transferred to the CBI, three more persons were arrested in this connection and the agency was now probing the possible role of Telgi in this as well, the sources said.
Bureau Report