| 1. Jayant M. Tinaikar played a crucial role in exposing the 2003 stamp paper scam and capturing Abdul Karim Telgi. |
| 2. His family belongs to Tinai village near Dudhsagar Falls in the Western Ghats. |
| 3. Growing up, Jayant and Abdul Karim Telgi were childhood friends in Khanapur, Karnataka. |
| 4. Jayant's suspicions about Telgi's actions prompted him to investigate further. |
| 5. Despite facing skepticism, Jayant persistently tried to notify the authorities about Telgi. |
| 6. By providing critical information, Jayant assisted in Telgi's arrest during a planned visit to Ajmer. |
| 7. Jayant was honored with a Rs. 10 lakh cheque by the Director General of Police for his remarkable efforts. |
| 8. He penned a book titled 'The Stamp Paper Scam: One Man, 19 Years, and Telgi's Takedown'. |
| 9. In 1980, he began working as a social worker in Belgaum, Karnataka. |
| 10. Jayant established Shri Swami Vivekanand English Medium School in Khanapur in 1986. |
| 11. He initiated an organization called āSave India Missionā to combat corruption within society in 1986. |
| 12. Jayant joined his fatherās business in 1988. |
| 13. Jayant Tinaikar contested the Lok Sabha elections on a ticket from the Kamerun National Democratic Party (KNDP) from the Uttara Kannada constituency in Karnataka in 2004 but lost. |
| 14. In 2016, Tinaikar established a company named Jay Group that deals in the manufacturing and marketing of daily needs and holds the position of managing director. |
| 15. In 2016, he founded a restaurant named Sangaati Heritage in Khanapur. |
| 16. Jayant first voted in elections in 1979. |
| 17. He travelled by plane for the first time in 1982. |
| 18. He bought a car in 2002 and a house in Khanapur in 2003. |
| 19. Jayant M. Tinaikar is financially broke after spending over Rs 8 lakh to expose the Telgi stamp scam, with most of his assets dried up during the decade-long struggle. |
| 20. He is a matriculate who exposed the multi-crore counterfeit stamp paper scam run by Telgi, who was originally a jackfruit seller. |
| 21. His family has been running a traditional hotel business in Khanapur for the past 100 years. |
| 22. For his 30 years of continuous fight against corruption, he and his family received death threats and faced greed for money, but he never backed down. |
