Gujarat: Two months after journalist’s death, police say they found his cellphone

Ahmedabad | Friday | 17th May, 2019

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“I found out about the recovery of Chirag’s cell phone only from media reports,” he added. Police claimed that Anil Vaghela had picked Patel’s phone on the morning of March 16 when his body was found. AdvertisingThe cell phone has now been sent to forensic science laboratory for tests. According to police, Vaghela had erased all the data from Patel’s phone and kept it switched off. The mysterious death of Patel had caused an uproar in the state with the Opposition partties and civil society criticising police for inaction..