KOCHI: Cyber ​​expert Sai Shankar has also been named an accused in the murder conspiracy case against actor Dileep. He has been booked for destroying the evidence on the phones of Dileep and the other accused and hiding important information from the investigation team. Dileep's friend and businessman Sarath is also named an accused.

The crime branch has found that Sai Shankar had stayed in Kochi and destroyed the information on the phones of Dileep and the other accused. He destroyed the evidence using his wife's iMac system. Sai Shankar had admitted that he had not destroyed the information and had transferred the information to another location. Following this, the crime branch filed a report in the Aluva court naming him an accused.

The crime branch alleged that Sai Shankar had destroyed evidence in the electronic devices and withheld important information from the probe team. The Crime Branch SP had confirmed that the VIP mentioned by director Balachandra Kumar was Dileep's friend and businessman Sarath. With this, seven people, including Dileep, have been named accused in the murder conspiracy case.