Sule, Patole face grave allegations

A day before the state of Maharashtra goes to the polls, Ravindranath Patil, former IPS officer from Pune made a major allegation against NCP-SP Leader and Baramati MP Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole.

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The former IPS officer alleged that the two leaders had misappropriated bitcoins from a 2018 cryptocurrency fraud case and had used by the same to fund the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly Elections. Patil said he is ready to support the investigation.

Former IPS officer alleged that Amitabh Gupta, then Commissioner of Police, Pune, and Bhagyashri Nautake, then Deputy Commissioner of Police handling the cyber crime investigations were involved in the misappropriation of bitcoins, which are eventually being us ed by the two political leaders.

"My company called me as a cryptocurrency expert to investigate a case in 2018. I was arrested in that case in 2022 under allegations of fraud. I spent 14 months in jail after a trial. During that time, I was wondering what had happened, what the case was and why was I trapped. There were other colleagues also with me. We were working on finding out the truth.

"A witness against us, Gaurav Mehta, who is an employee of an audit firm named Sarathi Associates.