Gujarat police detained Amreli superintendent of police Jagdish Patel on Sunday night in connection with the alleged abduction of a businessman as part of a bitcoin-extortion conspiracy earlier this year. He is the first high-ranking officer to be linked with the case, in which 10 police personnel have already been implicated. “Jagdish Patel was detained from his official residence in Amreli last night. Jagdish Patel was not named in the FIR lodged by the Gujarat CID against 10 policemen and a lawyer on March 8. While Anant Patel was arrested last week, three others – two constables and a lawyer – were taken into custody in March.

Source: Hindustan Times April 23, 2018 12:33 UTC