As the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing the bitcoin scam arrested two persons, including a Police Inspector (PI), and booked three other inspectors who served in the City Crime Branch (CCB), the FIR revealed that the SIT has found irregularities in the investigation done by police officers on two cases filed in 2020 — one in K.G. Nagar police station and another in Cottonpet station.
In the first case filed at K.G. Nagar, a person identified as Sujay was arrested for procuring drugs through the darknet. During the investigation, it was found that the payment was made using bitcoins. This led to the arrest of Sriki. Later, the CCB sleuths discovered that Sriki was an international hacker who hacked bitcoin trading exchange, Bitfinex and filed another case at Cottonpet.
The FIR said the then CCB inspector (narcotics) Shridhar Pujar who was probing the drug case kept Sriki (accused number 10 in the case) in illegal custody for three days between November 14, 2020, and November 17, 2020, at a guest house in Central Armed Reserve (CAR) headquarters in Mysuru Road. The FIR also alleged that accused Pujar, who is currently serving as Dy. SP also kept Sriki’s associate Robin Khandelwal (accused number 12 in the case) in illegal custody for four days in the same place between November 14, 2020, and November 18, 2020.
