KOCHI: Reports said chats to 12 numbers from Dileep’s phone were deleted in connection with the murder conspiracy case. Among the deleted include chats to Sharjah Cricket Association CEO Galif, who has business in Dubai.

Chats to Dubai partner of ‘De Puttu’ were also deleted. Dileep also deleted chats with Nazir, a native of Thrissur and a social worker in Dubai, Jaffer from Malappuram, who runs a supermarket in Dubai and his sister’s husband Sooraj. The investigating officials said the chats were deleted in such a way that it cannot be retrieved.

The report submitted in the court by the crime branch against cyber expert Sai Sankar mentioned all these. The investigating officials found that it was Sai Sankar who deleted the chats from Dileep’s phone. He is the seventh accused in the case.