Telgi has spent 16 years in jail. In July, the High Court acquitted him in one of the three cases in which he was convicted. DH File Photo
Abdul Karim Telgi, kingpin of the multi-crore stamp paper scam, died at Victoria Hospital on Thursday a week after he was admitted there.
He had suffered multi-organ failure, and his condition was serious he was admitted to Trauma Care Centre, he was kept in intensive care unit from past one week.
His condition was critical due to multi organ failure. He was on ventilator and other life support systems. His condition has not shown any improvement and prognosis from past one week and he died around 3.55 pm on Thursday, said special officer, Trauma Care Centre at Victoria Hospital.
Telgi has spent 16 years in jail. In July, the High Court acquitted him in one of the three cases in which he was convicted.
He has not been able to stand for four years. The prison authorities at Parappana Agrahara have allowed him a wheelchair. He is now on a ventilator.
Telgi was convicted in 2006 with many of his associates for printing fake stamp papers. The scandal had rocked the state in early 2000.
He had diabetes, hypothyroidism and hypertension, besides a host of other ailments, prison sources said.