Curious case of mobile phone, Google note

In course of their investigation into Fathima’s suicide, this was one of the many matters that the team from the city Central Crime Branch (CCB) inquired with the personnel from the Kotturpuram station.  

Did the Kotturpuram police team ignore the possible evidence of Fatima’s suicide and kept the mobile phone – the most important companion of the youngsters these days – casually at the station? “Not exactly. The personnel kept the phone on charge as it was out of the power. Fathima’s couple of relatives were present at the station when the phone was plugged in, while the inspector and others were busy with post-mortem procedure,” an official said.

When the phone was being charged, one of the relatives who was at the station took the phone, browsed through it and locked it using a new password. 

He did not take it out of the station.  “At that time, they did not inform the police about the suicide note found in the notes in the phone. Any entry on the note (Google Keep) will be synced with the all gadgets one is using so that all activities on Google note will reflect in other gadgets like tab or laptop. Similarly, if you alter anything in tab or laptop, it will reflect in the phone as well. That is why forensic evidence and result of forensic tests are important in cases like this,” explained the official.

The possibility of someone other than Fathima altering the notes is also there if they know the digital passwords to her phones and laptop, said the official, adding that the police action against IIT professor – who Fathima blamed in the note believed to have been written by her – depends on the outcome of the forensic examination, added the official.