Karnataka Bitcoin scam: SIT quizzes Congress-linked Nalapad brothers over ‘association’ with hacker Sriki

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that is investigating a Bitcoin scam involving cryptocurrency allegedly stolen by international hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki has questioned state youth Congress president Mohammed Haris Nalapad and his brother Omar Haris Nalapad over their past association with the accused.

Mohammed, 33, and Omar, 29, were questioned over two days last week regarding their association and financial transactions with Sriki, 30, sources familiar with the probe said. The Nalapad brothers are sons of N A Haris, the Congress MLA from Bengaluru’s Shantinagar.