New Delhi: Nashik-based India Security Press (ISP) general manager Ganga Prakash has been dismissed from service after a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe found that he had helped stamp scamster Abdul Karim Telgi in providing technical know-how of stamp printing machines.

The Government took the decision after the CBI submitted a preliminary report saying gross irregularities had been committed by Prakash, who was then posted as deputy general manager of ISP at Nashik.

A CBI spokesman said the Union Government has dismissed Ganga Prakash in the interest of the security of the State.

The action has been taken under Article 311 of the Constitution which states that a person could be dismissed if the President or the Governor feels that his or her continuance in office was not in the interest of the security of the State.

Prakash was arrested by CBI on December 19 last in Hyderabad for alleged security lapses which helped Telgi, prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper case, in spreading his network across the country.

The agency registered a case into the security lapses at the press in which Telgi was also named as an accused and searched Prakash's house from where it said Rs 1.86 lakhs in cash and some other material was recovered.

CBI findings said the official had committed various acts of omission and commission which facilitated Telgi and his associates to acquire technical know-how for printing fake stamps and non-judicial stamp papers.