Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday asserted that his government is 'ready to sacrifice anyone involved' in the Bitcoin scam and challenged the Congress to name the "influential people" it has alleged are behind the irregularities. The Chief Minister was reacting to a query on Congress national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala's allegations. Surjewala should question the then Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and ministers why their did not heed to it," Bommai charged. The Chief Minister said the hacker was arrested in a drug case in 2020 and a detailed interrogation revealed his role in hacking Bitcoin portals. The Chief Minister said Surjewala should have spoken keeping the circumstantial evidence and witnesses with him, instead of basing his charges on tweets.

Source: The Telegraph November 14, 2021 23:11 UTC