The accused faced trial for 20 years," additional CJM N N Pathar said. Of the 16 named, prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi and eight others confessed to their crime and were convicted in 2009.

A native of Belgaum in Karnataka, Abdul Karim Telgi, is suspected to be the kingpin of the racket, which involved printing and circulating duplicate stamps and stamp papers. Senior policemen and ...

Hansal Mehta and Jai Mehta co-directed the web series. The second instalment, Scam 2003: The Telgi Story, was about the story of Abdul Karim Telgi's counterfeiting of stamp paper in the early 2000s.