The Income Tax (I-T) Department has widened the scope of its investigation into the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, and is probing if accused Abdul Kareem Lala Telgi used money from the racket to finance terrorism. The Department is trying to trace where the money could have gone. The Maharashtra Special Investigative Team (SIT), set up to probe the racket, has also expanded its scope to include these factors. ‘‘Earlier, it was looking into only the stamp paper racket. Now it is also probing alleged terrorist links as Lala had made a few trips to Dubai,’’ sources said. It is suspected that Lala paid money to some Dubai dons. ‘‘Investigations are focusing on whether this money was channelled to Pak-based terrorist organisations,’’ sources said.
