Charge-sheet served on DIG in fake stamp scam
Chennai: A Special Judge for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases today gave charge-sheet copies to suspended Tamil Nadu DIG Mohammed Ali and three others in connection with the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam. Apart from Mohammed Ali, the charge-sheet copies of around 3,000 pages served to the then Inspector S Shankar, Sadhu alias Ramasamy, an LIC agent and Nazneen, wife of prime accused Nizamuddin, when they appeared before the IXth Additional Special Judge trying CBI cases. Nizamuddin, Sarfraz Nawaz and Balaji, lodged in Bangalore Central Prison and another accused Peter Kennedy, lodged in the Central Prison at Chennai, would be produced before the court, CBI Counsel Jacob Daniel said. The kingpin in the case Abdul Karim Telgi, Abdul Wahid and Jacob Chacko, who were lodged in Pune Central Prison, could not be produced before the court. With this, the hearing of the case was postponed to March 27. According to the CBI, they had not obtained any details from the court about the official communication from the State Government on video conferencing facility in the case. On January 23, Ali and three others were appeared before a Special Court trying CBI cases. When the case came up for hearing before Second Special Judge B Dakshinamoorthy, Daniel had submitted that the copies of the charge-sheet were ready. Following this the Judge had directed the CBI to file the copies before the court and posted the case for today for further hearing. Mr Jacob Daniel had submitted that possibility of producing Telgi, Abdul Wahid and Jacob Chacko before the court was remote. The CBI had also requested the Tamil Nadu Government to set up video conferencing facility for this case. He had also submitted that Peter, another accused, could not be produced before the court. Nizamuddin, Sarfraz Nawaz and Balaji were produced before the court.
Earlier, on a petition filed by Ali, the Judge had relaxed the bail conditions
that he should appear before the police everyday. Meanwhile, Telgi in
his inconclusive confession had recorded a statement of about 22 pages.
On February 6 and February 7 he had recorded a statement of about 83 pages
before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Pune, D W Modak. Last month,
a Special Court had convicted Telgi and his associates, Sanjay Gaikawad
and Ramratan Soni, and sentenced them to 10-years imprisonment each along
with Rs. 50,000 fine to each in connection with a case of selling fake
stamps worth Rs.17 lakh in 1995. The multi-crore scam involving the printing
and selling of counterfeit stamp paper across seven States was an example
of the nexus between politicians, senior police officials and other Government
servants. Telgi had purchased the second-hand printing equipment from
the India Security Press (ISP) in Nasik for printing the fake stamp Papers.
- Feb 23, 2006
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