Court asks jail authorities about non-compliance

MCOCA court hearing in fake stamp case

The special MCOCA court, which is hearing the multi-crore fake stamp case, today asked the Yerawada Central Jail authorities as to why they have not complied with its October 30 order to provide hygienic food and allow use of bedding to prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi, a diabetic and a HIV patient.

In response to an application before the court, special judge S M Shembole had earlier directed the jail authorities to provide the facilities to Telgi.

It had also directed the jail authorities to allow him to talk to his ailing mother and wife by telephone and arrange for his visit to Sasoon Hospital twice a month for regular medical check-ups.

The court's poser to the jail authorities came after Telgi complained about the non-compliance of the former's October 30 order through his advocate Harshad Nimbalkar to whom he wrote a two-page letter today.

Telgi, in his letter, also said he preferred to make an appeal in the high court against the special court's order which on October 30 rejected his application for fresh narco-analysis and brain mapping test, Nimbalkar told reporters later.

He said Telgi wanted to be put through fresh narco-analysis and brain mapping test in the presence of his advocates and doctors as the earlier one was "false and fabricated."

Nimbalkar said he would file Telgi's application in the high court urging fresh narco-analysis and brain mapping test on the prime accused after he got the certified copy of MCOCA court's October 30 order.

Judicial custody extended

The judicial custody of all the accused in the fake stamp-paper scam has been extended till December 18 next after police expressed inability to provide adequate security to them at the special MCOCA court in Pune today, due to other engagement of police personnel in view of visit of vice-president B S Shekhawat.

None of the accused, lodged in Yerawada Central Jail, were produced before the special judge S H Shembole on the expiry of their custody today.

However, former Mumbai police commissioner R S Sharma and ex-deputy commissioner of police Pradeep Sawant, who are out on bail, were present at the MCOCA court.