IN THE 1990S, WHEN ABDUL KAREEM TELGI SPENT MORE THAN EIGHTY LAKH RUPEES ON A DANCER IN A DANCE BAR ONE EVENING, HE CAME UNDER THE TARGET OF THE POLICE, POLITICIANS AND THE UNDERWORLD. SANJAY SINGH, THEN A REPORTER AT NDTV, BROKE THE TELGI SCAM STORY IN 2003. AT AN ESTIMATED 40,000 CRORES, IT WAS A SCAM THAT SHOOK OUR NATION. FROM HOW HE GRADUATED FROM BEING A FRUIT-SELLER TO A TRAVEL AGENT IN MUMBAI TO HOW HE BECAME THE KINGPIN OF SUCH A LARGE SCAM, THAT, TOO, WITH THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY, POLITICIANS, POLICE, HAND-IN-GLOVE WITH HIM-TELGI`S STORY IS AS FASCINATING AS THEY COME. TELGI: EK REPORTER KI DIARY IS BASED ON DEEP INVESTIGATIVE WORK, INTERVIEWS WITH ALL THE IMPORTANT CHARACTERS IN THE PLOT, AND UNRAVELS THE BIGGEST SCAM OF ITS TIME.