Stamp of Corruptiona billion dollar scandal

Presented byIsha GroverArun VermaTalha Ansari

Amit Sharma

Introduction

• Abdul Karim Telgi printed fake paper stamps• Earned money to the tune of several billion US

dollars (monthly profits estimated to be around Rs 202 crore)

• Scam exposed links with various politician and top officials

• One of the Biggest Scam India has ever face (estimated to be more than Rs 43,000 crore)

Abdul Karim Telgi

• Born in 1961• Education at Sarvodaya

Vidyalaya• Completed his

graduation from Belgaum• Experted in the Art of

printing fake stamps• Expanded network in

almost every part of The Country

The Scam

• Arrested in 1991 by Mumbai police for fraud

• In 1994, acquired a stamp paper licence from the Government of India

• Bought scrap stamp printing presses in working conditions with illegal help from some officials of the central government's security printing press in Nasik

• Rs 12.38 crore to government officials as bribe

Contd..

• Quality of the fake stamps and stamp papers was as good as that of originals

• Network spreaded across 13 states involving 176 offices, 1,000 employees and 123 bank accounts in 18 cities

• Expanded The Activity almost up to 33000 crore rupee

• Karnataka police arrested him in November 2001

Key players• Two MLAs - Anil Gote (MLA Dhule, Maharashtra) and Krishna

Yadav(Himayat Nagar, Andhra Pradesh) - have been arrested and charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organized CrimeAct

• Anna Hazare filed a PIL in the Bombay high court • DGP Sukhwinder Singh Puri was appointed head of the Special

Investigation Team • Former Mumbai police commissioner R S Sharma is the highest-ranking

officer to be arrested so far • Retired ACP M C Mulani demanded a bribe from Telgi • IGP Sridhar Vagal allowed Telgi a free rein even when he was in police

custody • Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal he had appointed

Sharma as Mumbai police chief

Time span

• 1991: First case registered in fake stamps case. But no action is taken

• 1993: Abdul Karim Telgi arrested for first time in passport case. Meets Ramratan Soni in jail who introduces him to fake stamp papers

• 1995: Telgi breaks with Soni and enters fake stamps market. That year, seven cases are registered against him but he is not arrested

• 2001: Karnataka government arrests him. In jail Telgi calls up contacts on his cellphone, while the police secretly record conversations

• March 2003: SIT of Pune police submits report on irregularities in the case to Maharashtra home ministry

• Sept 4, 2003: Social activist Anna Hazare files PIL in High Court

• Sept 6, 2003: C Krishna Yadav, TDP MLA is arrested • Nov 7, 2003: Jt CP Sridhar Vaghal arrested • Feb 17,2010:A special court sentenced prime

accused Abdul Karim Telgi to 10 years imprisonment and 21 other associates to seven years

PEOPLE in the News

Facts

• Interogated By Sit (Special Investigation Team)• Anna Hazzre filed a PIL in Bombay high court.• Payments Made To Former deputy Chief Minister• He hired MBA and other Officials For distribution Of fake

Stamp• Special Treatment Was Provided By R S Sharma• Sentenced To 13 years of Jail and Fine of 500 million .• Sit Carried 3 tests on Telgia) Lie Detector Testb) P-300 Brain mapping Testc) Narco analysis Test

Contd..

• Mudrank (The Stamp)is a film based on his life expected to be released soon

• Was Fined a whopping Rs 202 crore on various counts in one of the main cases of the scandal

• Alleged that Telgi contracted HIV/AIDS while in police custody.