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K Sridhar Poojar has been on the run since February 23 after he was denied anticipatory bail in connection with the Karnataka Bitcoin scam.

The SIT has alleged that police officers allowed private cyber expert Santhosh Kumar – who was arrested on January 24 this year and later released on bail – to take control of the crypto wallet of an accountant/associate of hacker Sriki while they were in police custody

An SIT officer alleged that Sridhar Poojar had caused injuries to two officers while trying to evade arrest in the Bitcoin scam case.

Sandeep Patil had appeared before the SIT in connection with the probe in the Bitcoin scam in Karnataka.

Sandeep Patil had appeared before the SIT to provide clarifications on a probe against hacker Srikrishna Ramesh in connection with the Karnataka Bitcoin scam.

While former Crime Branch police inspector Sridhar Pujar’s anticipatory bail plea was rejected, the bail plea of former Crime Branch technical cell inspector Prashanth Babu was allowed in the Karnataka Bitcoin scam case.

The four former crime branch officers accused in the SIT FIR into the Karnataka Bitcoin scam are Poojar, inspectors Prashanth Babu, Chandradhar S R and Lakshmikanthaiah and private cyber expert K S Santhosh Kumar who assisted the probe in 2020.

A SIT led by ADGP Manish Karbikar questioned senior IPS officer Sandeep Patil in connection with the Bitcoin scam | Latest News India

The SIT believes that three nano ledgers were used to siphon off Bitcoin that was found in the crypto wallets of Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki, 29, a hacker.

The SIT of CID said, the accused police inspector and tech expert transferred bitcoins into a cryptocurrency hardware wallet | Latest News India