Mumbai: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested Inspector K K Parmar of Mumbai police for his alleged connivance with fake stamps scamster Abdul Karim Telgi, SIT sources said.

Parmar, who has been placed under suspension for not initiating appropriate legal action against the scamster when he was arrested by the Colaba police in 1995, was arrested last night (Dec 8) and will be produced in court this afternoon (Dec 9), the sources said.

Parmar figures in the seven cases registered by the Mumbai police against Telgi from 1995 to 2002, in which defective action was taken against the scamster, with an alleged motive of helping him get bail, sources said.

Prior to having been suspended, Parmar was posted at Sahar police station in North Mumbai, the sources added.

PTI