Thursday, March 10 2005 19:05 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper case Abdul Karim Telgi was today (March 10, 2005) remanded to judicial custody till March 24 by a local court in a 2002 case for his alleged complicity in circulating counterfeit stamp papers.

Magistrate A Sonawane adjourned the matter to March 24 when the court is likely to interact with Telgi through video-conferencing.

Telgi's lawyers Jaideep Thakker and Vardhan Desai today made an application for copies of the documents submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and by CBI.

Desai told sources in Mumbai that after perusing the papers, they will decide whether to file for Telgi's discharge from the case.

Telgi, along with six others, including his nephew Tabrez, was arrested by the police for selling fake stamp papers through the General Stamp Paper office.

The M R A Marg police station in the metropolis had registered a complaint against the accused based on a complaint by the superintendent of General Stamp Office Ramdas Potle.

Two companies -- M/s Phoenix India and M/s GTL had purchased non-judicial stamps worth Rs two lakh and Rs four lakh through M/s Global Services. When one of the persons who purchased these stamps found that there was a printing error on a stamp paper, he went to return it. At that time it was learnt that the stamp paper was bogus.