The police team probing Kerala IAS officer K Gopalakrishnan’s complaint that his phone was hacked to create religion-based WhatsApp groups has sent an email to Google and WhatsApp to find out if an external link or application was activated on the phone. Cybercrime will also examine Gopalakrishnan’s mobile phone on Wednesday to find out if the phone was hacked. The phone was received from Gopalakrishnan on Tuesday evening. He filed a complaint for hacking the device after an argument broke out over the creation of religion-based WhatsApp groups. A WhatsApp group named ‘Mallu Hindu Officers’ was created on October 31 using Gopalakrishnan’s mobile number.

Some of the IAS officers who were added to the group expressed reservations and Gopalakrishnan put forward an explanation that his phone had been hacked. In his message to group members, he said: “It appears someone has taken control of my mobile device, creating 11 groups and adding all my contacts. I uninstalled the app and manually deleted the groups from my WhatsApp and I’m going to change. soon my phone”.

Thiruvananthapuram City Police Commissioner G Sparjan Kumar said the police had already received a mail from WhatsApp stating that only live groups could be tracked and no information could be provided about deleted groups. “Another mail has been sent to Google and WhatsApp to detect any suspicious activity from external link or malware on the phone. Our first priority is to find out if the mobile phone has been hacked. Cyber ​​Crime Team is on it,” Sparjan Kumar said. .

An official said they would analyze the phone using tools to detect whether the device had been accessed from another location. The IP details will be obtained from WhatsApp and the device will also be scanned for the presence of third-party links.