Police officer being probed in Karnataka Bitcoin scam withdraws HC plea to quash 2023 FIR over destruction of evidence

A police officer, who is under investigation in a Bitcoin scam in Karnataka, on Wednesday withdrew a plea filed in the High Court in 2023 for the quashing of a complaint filed against him by a Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka CID.

The advocate for Sridhar Pujar, a deputy superintendent rank police officer, withdrew a plea filed in September 2023 for quashing of the FIR after the High Court indicated orally that it would allow the FIR to sustain.