India, May 8 -- The Karnataka Police has arrested hacker Srikrishna alias Sriki in connection with a 2017 Bitcoin case registered in Tumakuru district.

Sriki was arrested on charges of stealing 60.6 Bitcoins worth INR 1.14 Cr from Tumakuru-based cryptocurrency exchange website in 2017.

He was held on Monday (May 6) night from a hotel in Bengaluru's Ganganagar area.

Sriki, who was formerly a software programmer, is known in the circuit for being involved in multiple such cybercrime cases, including hacking into Indian poker and online gaming websites, Business Standard reported citing a police statement.

Back in 2017, Unocoin Technologies platform's director Harish BV lodged a complaint with the Tumakuru New Extension police station af...