A special court here has sentenced fake stamp paper scam accused Abdul Karim Telgi to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 9 lakh in a case registered with Nashik police in 2000.

Telgi, who is facing 47 cases in connection with the scam, pleaded guilty in the Nashik case through video-conferencing on Friday from Bangalore where he is lodged in a jail, his lawyer said on Saturday.

The kingpin of the multi-crore scam is already undergoing a 13 years RI after his conviction in 2007 in a case filed by Pune police.

The court had also sentenced Telgi to ten-year RI on 13th June in a case filed against him by Mulund police in Mumbai in 2005.

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~c�dict on Friday while 33 fishing trawlers with 551 fishermen went missing in the Bay of Bengal ever since heavy rains lashed West Bengal on Friday, officials sources said.

With rescue efforts from a Coastguard ship and a Dornier aircraft some of the trawlers have now been detected and the fishermen have also returned safely, they said.

Officials said the fishermen are believed to have taken shelter in different creeks in the Sunderbans core area for fear of being drifted away into the high sea.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has postponed her visit to New Delhi today where she was supposed to meet Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Depending on the situation in the state, she is likely to go on Monday.

She has asked the state disaster management cell to keep vigil on the situation and reach succour to the victims.

A control room has been set up at the state secretariat to monitor the situation, officials said.