Abdul Karim Telgi, kingpin of fake stamp paper scam, dead

Abdul Karim Telgi, a convict in counterfeit stamp paper scam, passed away in Karnataka capital, Bengaluru, due to multiple organ failures. He was undergoing treatment at Victoria hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) in Bengaluru.

Telgi was on the ventilator and was suffering from meningitis.

Telgi was arrested in Ajmer in November 2001 and has been suffering from diabetes and hypertension for more than 20 years, besides other ailments, including AIDS.

He was serving his term in Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in Bengaluru after being sentenced to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment ina multi-crore fake stamp paper racket.

A whopping fine of Rs 202 crore was also imposed on him.

Recently, Telgi was in thick of controversy when former DIG (Prisons) D Roopa alleged that prison authorities were giving him preferential treatment in the prison.