The accused has maintained since the beginning that he is neither the kingpin nor the main conspirator. During the arguments regarding consideration of charge, "some of the co-accused have also reiterated this," the lawyers said.
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.
The prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp-paper case Abdul Karim Telgi on Friday sought protection for his daughter from four co-accused held with him in jail, who, he claimed, may kidnap her.
Telgi has already been sentenced to 13 years RI by a Pune court in connection with the fake stamp paper scam. Today's sentence will run concurrently along with the Pune court order.
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday dismissed reports about his links with multi-crore stamp paper scam accused Abdul Karim Telgi saying the utternaces of a criminal could not be trusted.
Telgi alleged that he is being put to untold misery, tortured and poisoned slowly to death.
Olatunde is a British national, said Kenyan police.
Security agencies in New Delhi are baffled by the sudden turn of events and are extremely unsatisfied with the version given by Kenyan police.
The CBI had secured an Interpol red corner notice against Tunda after he fled from the country in the mid-1990s.
Telgi appeared before the court through video conferencing while the other accused appeared in person.
Monday's five-hour session was followed by one on Tuesday.
The CBI produced him before Special Judge S M Shembole in Pune amidst unprecedented security.
Telgi, who has now been behind bars for about five years, was first convicted on January 17, 2006.
He is being grilled at Central Prison on the outskirts of Bangalore.
The court asked Bangalore's central jail authorities to produce him on March 31 in connection with two cases regarding the scam.
Tabrez Telgi was again arrested on Tuesday in connection with a fake stamp paper scam in suburban Mulund.
The development came as a key operative of Telgi, Raez Quadri, was arrested in Hyderabad and remanded to police custody till January 8.
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.
Vijay Desai had been absconding for nearly one-and-a-half years, SIT sources said, adding that he was being grilled.
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.
The SIT was busy with the ongoing probe and did not wish to interrogate Sharma at this stage.
Assistant Commissioner of Police R B Yenam allegedly had links with prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi.
The main accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper racket, Abdul Karim Telgi, has denied he wrote about the involvement of 19 ministers in the scam in any diary.
Marathi film Shalya has been directed by Hemant Kumar Sharma and produced by Ashok Gajanan Chaugule.
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.
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.
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.
A Special MCOCA court said Telgi and three of his kin be taken to Belgaum under tight security, but they should not be allowed to stay overnight after the funeral.
Also known as truth serum, it has been used for solving crucial cases in the past.
Prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi made this claim in a signed statement to his lawyer Harshad Nimbalkar.
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
A newspaper had carried a photograph of the former defence minister sharing the dias with stamp scam accused Abdul Karim Telgi.
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