Nasik: Issuing a fresh arrest warrant against Abdul Karim Telgi, prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, a local court has asked Bangalore central jail authorities to produce him on March 31 in connection with two cases regarding stamp paper scam.

Additional sessions and district judge A K Gunjotikar yesterday (Feb 11, 2004) issued an arrest warrant against Telgi asking Bangalore Central Jail authority to produce Telgi in court on March 31, court sources said today (Feb 12, 2004).

Earlier, the same court had issued a production warrant asking Bangalore authorities to produce Telgi on February 11, but they could not produce him. Hence the court has issued a fresh arrest warrant against Telgi, the sources said.

Telgi is wanted by the court in connection with two cases. The CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has already arrested suspended general manager of Nasik Road based India Security Press (ISP) Ganga Prakash and suspended ISP works manager Mahendra Singh for helping Telgi and selling printing machines in scrap without dismantling.

Both the ISP officials are presently lodged in the central jail in a judicial custody till February 23 and the court has already rejected their bail plea on January 15.

Another case is the theft of genuine stamp paper worth Rs 23 crore wherein CBI has arrested seven officials of Railway Protection Force (RPF), presently dumped in Nasik Road central jail.