Police seek help of Google and social media platforms

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram cybercrime police has written to Google, Facebook, Whatsapp and Youtube to ascertain what prompted 32-year-old personal security officer (PSO) Mahipal Singh to shoot the wife and son of an additional sessions judge.

Singh is accused of shooting district and sessions judge Krishan Kant’s wife and son in a busy Gurugram area on Saturday, causing the woman to die and leaving the 18-year-old boy in a serious condition at a hospital.

The police have sought help from social media websites and search engines to get details of the browser history of the accused, who told investigators on Saturday that he had converted to Christianity, and that he used to watch videos on religion online.

They added the accused had not been cooperating with the investigation and was a “tough nut” to crack. They also said they had no concrete explanation for his motivation to commit the crime.

Investigators said that preliminary probe had revealed that he was very active on social media.

“His first Facebook account was created in 2015 — he now has 124 friends — and the second account was created in October 2017. He is connected to 420 people through it; the latest update on the account was posted on October 12 at 8.08pm,” a police officer, familiar with the investigation, said.