India, May 15 -- A Delhi court examining a cryptocurrency fraud of around Rs.2,000 crore has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to consider taking over the probe from Delhi Police suspecting involvement of a syndicate.

The recent order by additional sessions Judge Sumit Dass of Patiala House Court on May 1 was passed while hearing a bail application moved by the prime accused in the case, a West Bengal resident SK Masud Alam. Earlier, his two bail applications were rejected by the city court.

On July 18 last year, leading cryptocurrency platform WazirX suffered a cyber attack resulting in the theft of nearly Rs.2,000 crore.

Zanmai Labs Pvt. Ltd, the company operating WazirX had approached the Delhi Police and lodged a comp...