KOCHI: The Crime Branch said that one of the 12 chats removed from the phone of actor Dileep, the main accused in the murder conspiracy case, was with Ahmed Gulchen, an Iranian citizen. Director Balachandra Kumar had said that Gulchen, who works in the film industry in the UAE, was providing financial assistance to Dileep. During the investigation into this allegation, it was found that Dileep had deleted the information on the iPhones with the help of Sai Shankar.

Preliminary information is that Gulchen is involved in the business of dubbing movies. According to Balachandra Kumar, Gulchen has links with underworld leader Dawood Ibrahim's D Company and Dileep had visited Gulchen in Dubai. The crime branch is investigating whether Dileep had obtained money from Gulchen and what their communication was all about.

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.