Bengaluru: Karnataka's multi-crore fake stamp paper mastermind Abdul Karim Telgi passed away on Thursday due to multiple organ complications.
Telgi was earlier admitted to a hospital inn Bengaluru and was in the intensive care unit (ICU) on a ventilator as his condition was critical.
Telgi, 56, was a convict in the Parapanna Agrahara Central Jail on the city's southern outskirts, and serving a 30-year sentence since 2007.
A diabetic with hypertension, jail authorities admitted Telgi to the hospital after he complained of uneasiness and difficulty in breathing.
Telgi shot to notoriety after a Special Investigation Team (SIT) trapped him by tapping his phones and busted his racket valued then in crores of rupees.
After illegally printing the stamp papers, Telgi sold them to bulk purchasers, including banks, insurance firms, and stock brokerage firms.
