A Dy. SP rank officer, Shridhar Poojary, serving in the Internal Security Division and an accused in the Bitcoin scam, slipped away from the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in filmy style on Tuesday. The accused also allegedly injured one of the officers attempting to arrest him.
An FIR has been filed at the Vidhana Soudha police station.
On the directions of the investigation officer of the SIT, Assistant Sub Inspector Bhaskar and Anil Kumar G., Detective Police Inspector (DPI), set out to take Poojary into custody. The police officials had prior information from their informants about his whereabouts.
