Police suspect the prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam used to receive money from Alankar Lodge even when he was in custody.
Commandant R P Pawar, Inspector B K Tiwari and Constable Sarvar Khan are accused of helping the prime accused in the scam pilfer stamps and stamp papers worth Rs 23 crore.
Special Judge B M Sardeshpande asked the defence and prosecution counsels to ensure time on January 11, 2006 when charges would be framed against the accused.
The stay was granted by designated Judge S M Shembole on a plea made by three accused that they wanted to appeal against the court's order in the high court.
Telgi, who has now been behind bars for about five years, was first convicted on January 17, 2006.
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The accused also demanded the starting of contempt of court proceedings against those responsible for the leak. The narco-analysis test CD was not deposited with the court and therefore its telecast amounted to contempt of court, they said.
Among those chargesheeted were former Mumbai police commissioner R S Sharma and deputy commissioner Pradeep Sawant.
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Rejecting CBI's request to close the case against Telgi and three others, Additional Sessions Judge Dinesh Dayal said: "It appears that CBI had proceeded to file the closure report merely because the person who should have been an accused refused that he had accepted the money." No investigation has been made to establish whether money was received by him (Jeyaseelan - as part of his alleged collusion with the accused)," the court said.
Sources say that there has been a lot of difference between the fake currency that used to be printed a year ago and what is available now, following the leak of the design. Investigations have revealed that the design may have been compromised through a D-company link, which is completely in charge of circulating fake currency in India.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee however said he would allow members to raise the issue later and asked them not to disrupt Question Hour
Six accused, including an MLA, did not want to under the tests.
A third supplementary chargesheet in the case against Telgi and 15 others was filed by the CBI on July 22 and, as per the agency sources, the final chargesheet will be filed shortly.
Assistant Police Inspector G W Jadhav allegedly adopted a soft line towards prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi when the scamster was arrested by the Colaba police in 1995.
Assistant Commissioner of Police R B Yenam allegedly had links with prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Ramakant was summoned to the SIT office in south Mumbai and grilled for over one-and-a-half hours, SIT sources said.
Babanrao Tukaram Ranjane is accused of conniving with the syndicate of prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi in the fake stamp scam.
DIG A P Muhammad Ali, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shankar and LIC's administrative official Ramaswamy were among those arrested.
A meeting to finalise the modalities of the trial was held on Friday in Bangalore.
The former Mumbai police commissioner argued he has been wrongly booked under the stringent law.
Meanwhile, Yerawada Central Jail Superintendent Rajendra Dhamne said that some 53 accused have gone on indefinite hunger strike from Tuesday afternoon.
The SIT was busy with the ongoing probe and did not wish to interrogate Sharma at this stage.
Wagal, the seniormost Maharashtra police official arrested for his alleged role in shielding the prime accused in the case, Abdul Karim Telgi, was brought to Pune on Friday night by the Special Investigating Team.
Former Bangalore police commissioner H T Sangliana and BJP MP from Bangalore defied the party whip and voted for the UPA's trust motion. He speaks on why he did so, as well as his plans for the future.
Reserve Bank of India has slapped a penalty of Rs 500,000 on Citi Group for failing to comply with 'Know Your Customer' guidelines by letting fake stamp scam accused Abdul Karim Telgi and associates to open accounts with the foreign bank.\n\n\n\n
It directed the CBI to file a status report within four months.
He will be lodged in the lock up of the Lashar police station along with other prisoners.
Telgi now has sought for home food on the ground that he is sick and is infected with HIV. Telgi states in an application that the food being provided in the central jail at Bengaluru is not suitable for him and hence home food be provided.
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