Bangalore, Nov 19: The sensational multi-crore fake stamp paper racket today took a new turn with Nanaiah, counsel for the prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi, alleging that his client has been injected with HIV virus by police and demanding a CBI probe into it. Nanaiah claimed to a news agency that he was in possession of a medical certificate issued by doctors of Nimhans (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore) that Telgi has tested HIV positive. Earlier medical tests conducted on Telgi when he was taken to custody had not indicated that he was HIV positive, he said He said he served notice today on the Parappana Agrahara jail Superintendent seeking copies of the medical certificate for suing stampit, the special investigation team appointed to probe the scam, the state police and jail authorities holding them responsible for allegedly injecting Telgi with the deadly virus. Nanaiah charged that not only did the jail authorities keep the medical report under wraps but did not care to provide necessary treatment to Telgi.
Bureau Report