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BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi held a press conference on Tuesday night on the Bitcoin scam.
Voting is to be held for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra on November 20. But just 12 hours before this, former Pune IPS officer Ravindra Nath Patil alleged that money from the Bitcoin scam was being used in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Ravindra told news agency ANI – The Bitcoin dealer himself has told him that Baramati MP and Maharashtra Congress President are also included in this. They have already sold bitcoins worth Rs 150 crore. He has several hundred crores more.
After these allegations, BJP held a press conference on Tuesday night, in which spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi shared the audio of the conversation between dealer, Amitabh Gupta, Supriya Sule, Nana Patole. He asked- Who are those big people whom the dealer is talking about?
Here, Lok Sabha MP from Baramati Supriya Sule has filed a complaint against Ravindra Nath. Also wrote in a post on X- BJP is doing dirty politics. Sule has also warned of filing a defamation case against Sudhanshu Trivedi.
What is there in the voice notes shared by BJP…
- First audio: This contains the voice note sent by Gaurav Mehta, an employee of Sarathi Associates audit firm, to Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta. Gaurav is saying in English- We had created 4 crypto wallets in the name of Patil and Ghode (Patil’s associate). Transactions were done from these wallets. If there is any investigation, the same two people (Patil and Ghode) will be implicated in it. Believe me, no one can reach us.
- Second Audio: This contains 3 voice notes of Supriya Sule sent to Gaurav Mehta. Supriya is saying in English – Gaurav, why are you not answering us? We need cash first. In the second note, Supriya says- None of your men are responding. Don’t play games with us. What happened to the money? Gupta had said- You have all the money. Call immediately. Elections are going on and we need money. In the third note, Supriya is saying – Boss, why are you not converting all the bitcoins into cash. Their price is also favourable. We need funds. Don’t worry about enquiry. When we come to power we will handle it. You just do it.
- Third audio: This contains the voice note of Nana Patole sent to Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta. Nana is putting pressure on Amitabh and asking – Amitabh, what happened to the money. Didn’t you ask yesterday? Don’t have such fun.
- Fourth Audio: It contains 4 voice notes sent by Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta to Gaurav Mehta. In the first note, Amitabh is saying – Gaurav, you delete all the chats with me and Bhagyashree, data related to Bitcoin, BHR. In the second note, Amitabh is saying – 100 crores are needed next week. Keep ready. Vinod will also give you 25 crores, something big is going to happen. There should be no mistake from your side. In the third note, Amitabh is saying- Gaurav, we need 50 crores by next week. It has to be delivered to someone in Dubai. Please tell your friend to keep cash ready. In the fourth note Amitabh says- We need some more bitcoins next week, tell your buyer to be ready.
Supriya said- allegations are false, complained to EC-cyber crime After the allegations of former IAS, Supriya has complained about it to the Election Commission and Cyber Crime. Supriya wrote in the post on We have filed a complaint with the Election Commission and Cyber Crime against false allegations of misuse of Bitcoin. The intention behind this is completely clear. It is condemnable that such things are happening in a democracy built under the Constitution of India.
Supriya wrote- I deny all the allegations of Sudhanshu Trivedi. These are all speculations and lies. I am ready to debate with any BJP leader on a public platform, choose the time and date.
The Baramati MP also wrote – It is appalling that Sudhanshu Trivedi has made such baseless allegations, yet it is not surprising because it is clearly a case of spreading lies the night before the elections.
Who is Rabindranath Patil who accused Supriya and Nana?
Ravindranath Patil is a former IPS officer of 2004 batch. Since 2010, he was working as a cyber expert in the corporate sector. He was appointed to conduct a forensic audit during the investigation of the 2018 Bitcoin fraud case. Four years later, in 2022, he was accused of embezzling Bitcoin worth Rs 5 crore. Spent about 14 months as an under-trial prisoner in Yerwada Central Jail. Currently he is practicing law in Bombay High Court.
Former IPS Ravindranath says that the then Pune Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta and the then Deputy Police Commissioner Bhagyashree Nautake, who handled cyber crime investigation, were involved in the Bitcoin scam.
Important points of Rabindranath’s statement…
- I was in jail wondering what had happened, what the matter was and why I was implicated. There were other people also with me. We were working to find out the truth. One of the witnesses against us is Gaurav Mehta, who is an employee of an audit firm named Sarathi Associates, two days ago he called me several times for 4-5 hours.
- Gaurav told that when Amit Bhardwaj was arrested in 2018, he had a cryptocurrency hardware wallet. It was changed by the then Commissioner Amitabh Gupta and another wallet was kept. We were arrested, but the real culprit was Amitabh Gupta and his team.
- At the behest of Amitabh Gupta, Gaurav Mehta went to Dubai several times and converted Bitcoin into cash. The same cash is being used in Maharashtra elections. Mehta sent me some voice notes that Supriya had sent him on WhatsApp. In this she was asking for cash in exchange for Bitcoin.
- During a chat with me, Gaurav Mehta alleged that he wanted to come out of this, but his life would be in danger. I have all the screenshots and audio. I am ready to hand them over to the investigating agencies. I am ready to fully support the investigation.
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