On the eve of the essential Maharashtra meeting election 2024, a serious controversy erupted after Ravindranath Patil, a former IPS officer from Pune, on Tuesday levelled severe allegations against Baramati MP and NCP (SP) chief Supriya Sule, in addition to Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole. The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) rapidly latched onto the allegation, releasing purported voice notes, which they declare contain Supriya Sule and Nana Patole in a conspiracy to encash Bitcoins to affect the electoral course of.
BJP leaders alleged that the scheme was aimed toward manipulating the elections, elevating questions in regards to the equity and integrity of the polls.
Supriya Sule reacted to the allegations, saying she was “amused” that the occasion was keen to “come all the way down to such a degree”.
The previous IPS officer alleged that the 2 leaders had misappropriated bitcoins from a 2018 cryptocurrency fraud case and had utilized by the identical to fund the continuing Maharashtra meeting elections. Ravindranath Patil mentioned he is able to help the investigation.
Chatting with information company ANI, former IPS officer alleged that Amitabh Gupta, then commissioner of police, Pune, and Bhagyashri Nautake, then deputy commissioner of police dealing with the cyber crime investigations have been concerned within the misappropriation of bitcoins, that are ultimately being utilized by the 2 political leaders.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi backed the claims throughout a press convention on Tuesday. Trivedi introduced three audio clips claiming that they have been proof that Nana Patole and Supriya Sule have been concerned on this “Bitcoin rip-off.”
HT couldn’t independently confirm the authenticity of the audio clips.
Supriya Sule challenged Trivedi to a debate over allegations of a “bitcoin rip-off”.
Taking to social media platform X, Supriya Sule said that she is ready to have interaction in a public dialogue with any BJP consultant at a time and place of their selecting.
“I deny all of the allegations levelled against me by Sudhanshu Trivedi. All that is conjecture and innuendo, and I’m prepared for a debate with any consultant of the bjp at a time and date of their alternative, in a public discussion board,” Sule posted on X.
In response to those accusations, Supriya Sule has filed a felony criticism with the Election Fee and the Cyber Cell in Pune.
Previous to submitting the criticism, Sule criticised Sudhanshu Trivedi for making “baseless allegations” and accused him of disseminating false info.
“It is appalling that such baseless allegations are made by Mr Sudhanshu Trivedi, but not shocking as it is a clear case of spreading false info, the evening earlier than elections. My lawyer shall be issuing a felony and civil defamation discover against Sudhanshu Trivedi for making outrightly false allegations with an intent to deceive the general public at giant,” Sule posted on X, tagging Trivedi.
