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Responding to the allegation that Congress leaders are involved in Bitcoin scam, Karnatakas Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Sunday stated that home minister Araga Jnanendra is a mad man.

Speaking to India Today, DK Shivakumar said, Mr Home Minister is a mad man. Which leader's son is involved [in the scam], let it come out first. No congress leader is involved.

On Wednesday, Karnataka home minister Araga Jnanendra had claimed that Congress leaders are involved in the Bitcoin scam in which 25-year-old hacker Srikrishna Ramesh allegedly made away with thousands of bitcoins in five-six years. He also denied the Congress partys accusation that the ruling BJP was shielding influential people in the case.

Araga Jnanendra said, Hacker Sriki was caught in an incident at a popular mall in 2018. Why did the then CM Siddaramaiah not get him arrested? When we caught Sriki in a drugs scandal, we came to know that he is involved in the Bitcoin scam also. So we recommended an inquiry by the Enforcement Directorate.

In response, Congress leader DK Shivakumar also said that his party has been asking Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to provide the letter that was written to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asking it to take over Srikrishna Rameshs case.

We have been asking them to give us the letter given to the ED since they say there is a criminal investigation report with all the details. This should be made public, DK Shivakumar said.

He also claimed that the BJP was throwing dirt on the Congress to divert attention from their internal issues.

Their internal tussle is going on, they are trying to create some confusion. Nothing is there. If it is there [truth to BJPs claims], let him [state home minister] name him [involved Congress leader] if he has the guts, he said.

On Saturday, the Bengaluru Police detained Srikrishna Ramesh after he got involved in a brawl at a hotel in the city.

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