Police: Phone not hacked to create ‘Mallu Officers’ WA groups – Times of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Police investigation into creation of controversial WhatsApp groups”Mallu Hindu officers“And”Mallu Muslim officersThe IAS cadre in Kerala has revealed that the mobile phone used to form these groups – belonging to IAS officer K Gopalakrishnan – had not been hacked. The groups were formed on October 30 and their communal nature raised serious concerns about religious divisions within the civilian population. employ.
Police came to this conclusion after working with three sources – WhatsApp, Google and the officer’s internet service provider (ISP) – and technical analysis, which contradicted the officer’s claims that his phone had been compromised.
The creation of these groups had sparked a debate about the role of civil servants in maintaining the secular fabric of society.
The city’s police commissioner has submitted a report to the Kerala DGP, showing that the phone remained safe when the groups were created. The state police chief will hand over the report to the government, and the focus has now shifted to how the government would respond.
According to the report, WhatsApp confirmed that the groups were created from the application installed on the IAS officer’s device.
Google confirmed that no unauthorized applications were installed on the device, ruling out remote control attempts by third parties, while an analysis of the IP data transmissions also supported the conclusion that no other device was controlling Gopalakrishnan’s phone.
Despite these findings, police now plan to conduct a forensic analysis of the phone, but expectations of new evidence are low as the device was formatted before being handed over for examination. The markup introduces a new layer of legal complications as it can lead to charges of tampering with evidence.