Telgi Scam Timeline

Aug 9, 2000: Bangalore city police arrest two persons on charge of being in possession of fake stamp and stamp paper. Investigations led to seizure of fake stamps and stamp papers valued at Rs9.92 crore. Telgi’s name surfaces in investigation.

Nov 2001: Telgi arrested in Ajmer, Rajasthan by Bangalore city police team. He is lodged in Bangalore central prison. Apparently with help of prison staff, Telgi continued to run his camp from jail.

Jan 2002: SM Krishna government constituted STAMPIT headed by R Sri Kumar, addition director general of police with 11 years’ CBI experience to probe the Telgi case. 

June 13, 2003: Assistant Inspector Dilip Kamat was arrested for providing facilities to Telgi in police custody.

July 1, 2003: Sitting MLA Anil Gote from Dhule district of Maharashtra is arrested

August 21, 2003: Senior Inspector Dattatrya Dhal of the Mumbai crime branch Unit IV was arrested for aiding and abetting Telgi. Dhal was one of the investigating officers in the scam in Mumbai.  Telgi’s lawyer Rasheed Kulkarni was also arrested by the Karnataka police in August for aiding and abetting his client in the scam.

September 6, 2003: Krishna Yadav, former labour minister of Andhra Pradesh and sitting MLA, is arrested.

October 18, 2003: Assistant Commissioner of Police Gokul Bhagaji Patil of the state intelligence department is arrested. Inspector Vashist Andale of Sahar airport and Sub-Inspector Prabhakar Kakade of Nalasopara police station are also arrested.

November 7, 2003: Shridhar Vagal, joint commissioner of state intelligence department, is arrested.

November 9, 2003: Sub-inspector Digamber V Jangale from Wagle Estate police station of Thane and Assistant Inspector Leeladhar Nimade from Nashik police are arrested.

November 10, 2003: SIT nabs sub-inspector SR Dalvi attached to the Versova police station for his alleged role in the fake stamp paper case.

December 1, 2003: Former Mumbai police commissioner RS Sharma is arrested

December 2, 2003: Assistant Commissioner of Police RB Yenam of Navi Mumbai police commissionerate is arrested for shielding Telgi.

December 4, 2003: Retired Pune Assistant Commissioner of Police Mohammed Chand Mulani is arrested.

December 8, 2003: Former Deputy Superintendent of Stamps Babanrao Tukaram Ranjane is arrested

December 10, 2003: PN Jayasimha, former superintendent of Central Jail at Parapana Agrahara and principal of Prison Training School in Mysore, and assistant jail superintendent Nanjappa are arrested

December 20, 2003: Inspector Puran Singh, posted in the District Investigating Unit (DIU) of South District, is arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch. Also Rehan Baig, brother of Karnataka Small Scale Industries Minister Roshan Baig, surrenders to STAMPIT

December 24, 2003: API GW Jhadav of the Mumbai police is arrested

January 5, 2004: Stamp Superintendent Ramdas Potale is arrested

January 7, 2004: Deputy Commissioner of Police Pradeep Sawant is arrested for shielding Telgi.

January 24, 2004: Assistant Commissioner of Police Sangram Singh; Inspector, City Crime Branch, Val Basha; Sub-Inspector VA Khan; and Deputy Superintendent of Police KM Muddaiah are suspended by Karnataka government.

February 2, 2004: Mumbai police inspector A Sonwalkar is arrested by SIT