Pathanamthitta ∙ Desperate efforts of the investigation team to find the missing mobile phones after the Ilantur double human sacrifice. The phones of the first accused Shafi and the murdered Padma are still missing. To find Padma’s phone, evidence collection will continue with the accused, including in Elantur. The mobile phones of Padma and the first accused Shafi are the most crucial evidences in the investigation.
The phone will be enough evidence to unravel Shafi’s mysterious dealings. But Shafi’s statement is that the phone was smashed by his wife after a fight. Shafi’s wife Nafeesa also repeated this in the interrogation. According to the statements, the phone was destroyed on the morning of September 26, the day of Padma’s murder. It is also possible that the phone was destroyed by Shafi himself at the stage when the investigation reached him.
The investigation team is trying to recover the phone and collect information with the help of cyber cell. Padma had their phone with her when she reached Ilantur. Shafi’s statement is that after killing him, he threw away the mobile phone. The investigation team will travel again with Shafi to find this phone. The police is sifting through Facebook accounts which are the starting point of crimes.
The cyber cell collected the information of Shafi’s three fake Facebook profiles from his wife’s phone. Shafi started a fake account called Sridevi four years ago. This is how Bhagwalsingh was ensnared. Similarly, the Facebook documents will be crucial in the investigation of whom Shafi has framed. It is also being checked whether the account was active during the time he was in jail in the rape case in 2020. The investigation team is hoping that a thorough examination of the chats will reveal the secrets of Shafi’s past life.
English Summary: Investigation team to find the missing mobile phones after the Elanthoor human sacrifice case