Bengaluru: CID’s SIT team probing alleged irregularities in the 2020 Bitcoin scam on Wednesday arrested Chandradhar, then police inspector with Central Crime Branch, on alleged charges of making an illegal transfer of Rs 1.8 lakh in form of Bitcoins.Chandradhar is the third inspector to be arrested by SIT in the scam. The team earlier took Prashant Babu and Lakshmikantaiah into custody. A senior CID officer said they took Chandradhar into five-day custody after producing him before a local court. The case dates back to November 2020 when KG Nagar police arrested M Sujay, 30, of Sadashivanagar on drug-peddling charges. During investigation, police found the drugs were purchased through the darknet using bitcoins. Later, police arrested main accused Sriki, who had studied in the Netherlands, for his alleged role in dealing with Bitcoins.Later, it was alleged that there were irregularities in CCB’s investigation and the names of many bureaucrats, politicians and cops had surfaced as beneficiaries. In July last year, Congress govt formed an SIT to probe the irregularities. The SIT has questioned many officials, including then joint commissioner of police, CCB, Sandeep Patil. Meanwhile, a senior IPS officer said the HC order, preventing them from arresting another suspect Sridhar Poojar, has been stayed by SC. “As of now, Poojar is absconding,” he said.
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