KOCHI: The prosecution has sought three more months time from the high court for further investigation in the actress assault case. The High Court had earlier directed that the probe be completed by April 15. The prosecution told the court that Kavya Madhavan should be questioned on the basis of digital evidence obtained during the investigation. The prosecution told the high court that Kavya had replied that she was in Chennai when asked for questioning and that she would return home next week.

The prosecution told the court that it had obtained some new information from Sooraj's mobile phone. The prosecution told the court it needed more time as digital evidence required detailed investigation and scrutiny. The investigation so far has yielded a number of crucial pieces of evidence. The prosecution told the high court that a detailed further investigation was needed in the case. According to the prosecution, some information about the attack on the actress was also obtained from Sooraj's phone.

Meanwhile, the probe team told the court that the four lawyers who destroyed the evidence on Dileep's phone should be questioned.