Stamp paper scam: Top cop gets bail from SC

The highest-ranking police officer arrested in Karnataka in connection with the fake stamp paper racket, former Assistant Commissioner of Po...

The highest-ranking police officer arrested in Karnataka in connection with the fake stamp paper racket, former Assistant Commissioner of Police T G Sangaram Singh, was on Wednesday granted bail by the Supreme Court.

Sangaram Singh had created a sensation in Bangalore in July 2004, when following his arrest he alleged that the S M Krishna-led Congress government in 2001 used Abdul Kareem Telgi’s money to pay a ransom to the late forest brigand Veerappan for the release of film star Rajkumar. Singh claimed to have helped transport Rs 20 crore to Veerappan.

The CBI arrested Singh on 8 July 2004 in connection with a 1997 fake stamp paper case registered in Bangalore. He was accused of accepting a bribe to set free Telgi’s brother Abdul Raheem Telgi despite initially detaining him along with four others while they were in possession of fake stamp papers. The CBI has charged Singh with facilitating the fake stamp paper racket and under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

After his arrest, Singh made a confessional statement to a court in Bangalore where he alleged that he was being made a scapegoat to protect senior police officers and ministers. Singh, a relative of former chief minister Dharam Singh, is the first of the five Karnataka police officers arrested in the fake stamp paper case to be granted bail.

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