
Pilot death: Court extends custody of boyfriend as police say they want to retrieve phone chats
The Hindu
Mumbai court extends boyfriend's remand in Air India pilot's suicide case, seeking deleted WhatsApp chats as evidence.
A Mumbai court on Friday (November 29, 2024) extended till December 2 the police remand of the boyfriend of an Air India pilot, who allegedly died by suicide, after cops contended they needed to retrieve deleted WhatsApp chats between the two from his mobile phone.
Pilot Srishti Tuli (25), who lived in a rented flat in the 'Kanakia Rain Forest' building in the Marol area, was found dead in the early hours of Monday (November 25, 2024).
As per police, Aditya Pandit (27), her boyfriend, was arrested and charged with abetment of suicide.
Mr. Pandit was produced before a magistrate's court in suburban Andheri at the end of his previous remand on Friday.
Police sought further custody of Mr. Pandit from the court, saying they needed to retrieve deleted WhatsApp chats between the accused and Tuli from his mobile phone.
The chats may reveal crucial information related to the victim's death, they submitted.
Mr. Pandit was detained on Tuesday after one of Tuli's relatives accused him of harassing, abusing her and forcing her to stop consuming non-vegetarian food, police earlier said, citing the FIR registered in the case.

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