Mumbai: The special investigating team (SIT) and anti-corruption bureau (ACB), which jointly searched the house of former top cop R S Sharma after his arrest last night (Dec 1, 2003) in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam case, have seized a bagful of documents, police sources said today.

The search conducted by SIT and ACB teams at Sharma's official residence near Mantralaya has ended, the sources said.

SIT had arrested Sharma under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for alleged connivance with Telgi's crime syndicate.

"Although the search continued till late in the night, only a bagful of documents were found," a SIT official said adding, no paper related to financial dealing was seized during the raid.

The SIT-ACB joint team had conducted similar searches at the four premises related to former joint police commissioner, Sridhar Vagal, after he was arrested in the Telgi scam last month.

The searches not only yielded large quantity of documents pertaining to monetary dealings, but also revealed a collection of firearms owned by Vagal.

The ACB is now finding out how could a Government servant invest so much money in purchasing five imported firearms, the sources added.

PTI