Pune, Nov 03: Three senior police officers from Mumbai, who were arrested last month in the multi-crore stamp paper racket, were produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody till November 17 on expiry of their police remand today. ACP Gokul Patil (Intelligence Department), Police Inspector Vashist Andale (Sahar Airport Crime Branch) and Pratap Kakade of the Nalasopara police station were arrested on October 19 last and have been booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
They are accused of alleged laxity in probing the cases filed against the prime accused in the racket Abdul Karim Telgi.
The other two officers who are arrested in this case include suspended Assistant Police Inspector Dilip Kamath and Senior police inspector datta dal.
Telgi and others are facing charges of printing and distributing counterfeit stamps and stamp papers in Maharashtra causing losses to the government to the tune of crores of rupees.
Bureau Report