Pattern-locked phone remains central to IIT Bombay case inquiry

Investigators examining the death of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode have so far been unable to establish whom he contacted using his phone, according to sources cited by NDTV. Wakode’s iPhone is secured with a pattern lock. Because investigators have not been able to access it, they have not determined which calls he made or received, the sources said.

The locked device is therefore a focus of the inquiry. The supplied material does not say whether investigators have recovered other communications, identified possible contacts or found a way to unlock the phone. It also provides no details about when the phone was secured, what other evidence has been collected or what authorities believe may have preceded Wakode’s death.

The report describes the case as an investigation into a student’s suicide, but gives no additional account of the circumstances. It does not include a statement from Wakode’s family, IIT Bombay or the police. The only specific investigative detail available is that the pattern lock has prevented authorities from determining the phone’s call history.

Further conclusions cannot be drawn from the supplied material.