Telgi, associates get 10 yrs jail

The case was registered by Bangalore police on a complaint lodged on June 2, 1999, by a private firm that a deed of the firm relating to allotment of a site by Bangalore Development Authority was embossed with fake seal of Rs 4,90,420 by Anees Khan, an associate of Telgi and a representative of Unique Services, a private firm selling fake stamps and stamp papers under the control of Telgi.

The case was handed over to CBI in compliance with a Supreme Court order and during the investigation by CBI the role of Telgi and his associates Khan, Badruddin, Wazir Ahmed Salik and Iliyas came to light.

The court also sentenced them to undergo a month8217;s imprisonment under Section 63 B of the Karnataka Stamp Act and the judge ordered that all the sentences will run concurrently.

The court, however, acquitted them under IPC Sec 259 possessing counterfeit stamp papers during arrest. This is the second conviction for Telgi and the four others whom the same court on March 24 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, besides slapping a fine of Rs 50,000 each for similar offence in connection with a sale of Rs 42.75 lakh worth fake stamp papers to Sami Labs, another private firm.

A total 28 cases have been registered in connection with the fake stamp paper scam in Karnataka and the verdict has been delivered in two cases so far.