Gagan Dev Riar has been roped in to play the lead function in Scam 2003: The Telgi Story, SonyLIV introduced on Tuesday.

Hansal Mehta, who delivered the critically-acclaimed first half Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, will function the showrunner and direct alongside Tushar Hiranandani.

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story, produced by Applause Entertainment in affiliation with StudioNext, will sort out the 2003 Stamp Paper fraud by Abdul Karim Telgi.

Gagan, who has acted in movies like Sonchiriya and Netflix collection A Suitable Boy, will probably be essaying the function of Telgi.

Applause Entertainment introduced Gagan’s casting in a clip shared on its official Twitter web page.

“Telgi has been found. Starring Gagan Dev Riar as Telgi, produced by Applause Entertainment in association with StudioNext, Scam 2003: The Telgi Story will be helmed by showrunner Hansal Mehta and director Tushar Hiranandani. Casting by Mukesh Chhabra. Streaming Soon, only on @sonylivindia #Scam2003,” the submit learn.

The new season will chronicle the lifetime of Telgi, a fruit-seller born in Khanapur within the Indian state of Karnataka, and his journey to turning into the mastermind behind one of the crucial ingenious scams in India.

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is tailored from the Hindi ebook “Reporter ki Diary” penned by journalist and information reporter Sanjay Singh, who’s credited with breaking the story of the rip-off.