On Buzz Of FBI Team In India To Probe Karnataka Bitcoin Case, CBI's Reply

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Karnataka's Home Minister at the time, has been a key target of the Opposition offensive.

No team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come to India to investigate the alleged Bitcoin scam in Karnataka, the CBI clarified today in the wake of media reports and Congress leaders claiming that officials of the US law enforcement agency are in the country to probe the issue.

"This is to inform that FBI has not sent any team to India for conducting a probe in the matter nor has any request been made by FBI to CBI for conducting investigation in this case in India," the central probe agency said in a statement.

"Accordingly, the question of according any permission for the probe by Competent Authority in India does not arise. CBI as the National Central Bureau for INTERPOL in India coordinates closely with international law enforcement agencies including FBI," the statement added.

The CBI's clarification comes after Congress leaders claimed that the FBI is looking into the matter and dared BJP leaders in Karnataka, including Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai, to come clear.