Guj fake stamp papers case: Telgi gets seven-year jail

Fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi was on Thursday sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a special CBI court here.

Fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi was on Thursday sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a special CBI court here.

Judicial magistrate AP Gohil, who presided over the special court, also sent Telgi's aide Sadik Ibrahim to seven years in jail. His another aide Siddarth alias Peter Fernendes was awarded five years' imprisonment.

While Telgi and Sadik have been fined Rs 35,000, Siddarth has been fined Rs 30,000 by the court.

All the three had yesterday pleaded guilty before the special court in a fake stamp papers case filed in Gujarat.

The multi-crore fake stamp paper scam was first unearthed in Maharashtra. Telgi and his Gujarat based aides were also running the racket in the state.

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