Thursday, April 7 2005 17:15 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Prime accused in multi-crore fake stamp paper case Abdul Karim Telgi was today (Apr 7, 2005) further remanded to judicial custody till April 21 by a local court in a 2003 case for his alleged complicity in circulating counterfeit stamp papers.

Additional Metropolitan Magistrate D K Sonawane extended Telgi's remand along with that of other accused in the case, including his nephew, Tabrez Telgi.

Telgi was not produced in the court today.

Telgi, along with six others, was arrested by police on the charge of selling fake stamp papers.

The M R A Marg police station in the metropolis had registered a case against the accused based on a complaint filed by 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 had 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.