Amidst the report that the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) has paused the investigation in the drugs angle that emerged in Sushant Singh Rajput's case, there is a new development coming. Going by the reports of TOI, the NCB has sent 15 mobile phones to the Directorate of Forensic Sciences (DFS) in Gandhinagar.
The news agencyI quoted a senior official of the NCb who said, "The agency has sought all the data on the devices – which would include contact lists, messages, social media conversations and media files. It is possible that the data might help the investigators in establishing a few facts or getting new details related to the interplay of the accused in the case."
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which quizzed Bollywood actors Rakul Preet Singh, Deepika Padukone, her former manager Karishma Prakash, and fashion designer Simone Khambatta had seized their mobile phones. An NCB source said, "The phones of Deepika, Karishma, Rakul, and Khambatta have been seized by the NCB under the Indian Evidence Act."
Along with their, the NCB had also seized the phones of arrested drug peddlers and Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty. While it is yet to be revealed which phone belongs to whom, it is reported that one phone is of Rhea Chakraborty.
Talking to the news agency, a senior forensic analyst said that before getting the data from the devices under investigation, it’s important to record hash value. “It can be explained as the algorithm value of a specific data set. If the data is manipulated in any way, it would change. In short, the investigation agencies must ensure that the value remains unchanged to establish that the data is not tempered with to treat it as admissible evidence in court,” said the expert.