CBI rules out FBI presence in Karnataka to probe Bitcoin hacking case
Bengaluru(PTI): The Central Bureau of Investigation has dismissed reports in a section of the media which said that a team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America has come to India to investigate the Bitcoin hacking case in Karnataka.
"Reference is invited to reports in sections of media that a FBI team has come to India to investigate a Bitcoin case of Karnataka police. This is to inform that FBI has not sent any team to India for conducting a probe in the matter nor has any request been made by FBI to CBI for conducting investigation in this case in India," the CBI said in a statement.
The premier probe agency of India said the question of according any permission for the probe by competent authority in India does not arise.
"CBI as the National Central Bureau for Interpol in India coordinates closely with international law enforcement agencies including FBI," the CBI added.
The Bitcoin case had brought turmoil in the state last year when media reported that a hacker had hacked into the Bitcoin portal and siphoned off huge amount of money.
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NIA conducts multi-state raids in Bengaluru's Ramshwaram Cafe blast case
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out multi-state raids in connection with its probe in Bengaluru's Ramshwaram Cafe blast case, officials said.
Several customers and hotel staff members were injured, some of them grievously, in the blast that caused extensive damage to the cafe in the IT city on March 1.
"Multi-states raids were underway in different locations," a senior NIA official said, without sharing further details.
The probe agency, that took over the case on March 3, had on April 12 arrested two key accused, including the mastermind Adbul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa, in the matter.
Taahaa and the other accused, Mussavir Hussain Shazib, who had allegedly placed the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the cafe, were arrested from a lodge near Kolkata, where they were staying under the assumed identities.
