An Indian Anti -Corruption Court sentenced 14 individuals, including 11 police officials and a former member of the BJP, BJP at the Legislative Society (MLA), to life imprisonment in a case that involves the kidnapping and empty extortion of a businessman -based businessman in 2018.
The ruling, issued by the BB Jadav Special Judge in Ahmedabad on Friday, found that the group is guilty of criminal conspiracy, ransom kidnapping, illegal detention, and assault, According to To a report issued by the Times of India.
Among the convicts, the former supervisor of Amrili Police Province, Jagdish Patel and MLA Nalin Kotadiya. Also, all 11 police officers, including former IPS officer Patel, were convicted, under the Corruption Prevention Act due to misconduct by public officials.
The case revolves around SHAILESH BHATT, who was said to have regained part of his lost investment from the Bitconnect Dhaval Mavani developer in the form of Bitcoin (BTC), after the $ 900 million company that he invested in stopping.
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When you know that Bhatt was able to recover some of his investments, it was claimed that Kotadia and senior officers in Amrie organized a conspiracy to seize encryption. On February 11, 2018, Bhatt was kidnapped and illegally held at the Kishaf Farm near Ganddinagar.
The kidnapping was led by the Local Crime Branch Inspector, Amrie Anant Patel, and several officers participated. According to Bhatt, he was beaten and coercive that he confessed that he had received 752 Bitcoin from Mavani and stored 176 of them with his colleague, Kerett Paladia. The remaining was sold for about $ 5 million.
Bhatt was only released after agreeing to transfer part of Bitcoin and $ 3.6 million in cash. When the deal fell, the defendant forced Baht to sell 34 bitcoin from a portfolio in Adeya, which led to a blackmail of $ 150,000.
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Bhatt later filed a complaint with the Ministry of Interior, which prompted a criminal investigation and the arrest of 15 people. The prosecution, led by Special Prosecutor Amit Patel, presented 173 witnesses during the trial.
The court also ordered the confiscation of the gold jewelry that was recovered from Amreli SP Patel, which will be transferred to Master of Mint in Mumbai.
Last week, the Thai authorities arrested a man from South Korea accused of helping the gang of communication center at cryptocurrency in gold worth more than $ 50 million.
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