The stamp paper scam in Bengaluru has been busted. Twenty years after the infamous stamp paper scam directed by Abdul Karim Telgi, the Bengaluru cops smashed a fake stamp paper racket and seized Rs 2.71 crore worth of banned stamp papers from four persons who were detained on Saturday. According to the police, the arrested have been named as Hassain Modi Babu alias 'Chhota Telgi', aged 53, a resident of Vivek Nagar, and Harish Subbaraya, aged 55, a resident of Basavesjwara Nagara.

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The other two accused are named as Shavar alias Seema, 42, and Nazma Fathima, 35 are typists working in Kandaya (Revenue) Bhavan in the city, the police stated. The Additional Commissioner of Police, West, Bengaluru City, Soumendu Mukherjee said that Hassain Modi Babu is known as 'Chhota Telgi' among his colleagues for running this racket for several years. "He used to operate in a very busy area where City Civil Court premises and Revenue Bhavan are situated. Here, thousands come to get their documents registered and signed from a notary," he said.

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According to the cops, Babu used to look for simple customers through his associates like Seema, Nazma and Harish who work as typists in shops near these offices. The police official further said that Babu had also allegedly forged seals of sub-registrar offices of Shivajinagar, Kengeri and Bommanahalli, and the seals of Treasury officers were also recovered. Apart from this, he was possessing a forged seal of Vishwa Bharati Co-Operative Housing Society as well, the police declared in their note released to the media.

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