EVIDENCE REF: E16 · CASE CB-02
TELECOM SUBSCRIBER VERIFICATION — NUMBER IDENTITY
Target Number: +91 99876 34410 · ("NK" — saved in Arjun Malhotra's device)
Mumbai Police — Cyber Cell · Follow-up to CDR Request CC-2025-0214-0031 REF: CC-2025-0214-0044 · Response received: 17 Feb 2025
Request Background
During CDR analysis (E05), the number +91 99876 34410 — saved in Arjun Malhotra's device as the single-initial contact "NK" — could not be attributed to a named individual on the basis of the call extract alone. A supplementary verification request was submitted to the telecom authority to establish subscriber identity. Response received 17 February 2025.
SUBSCRIBER RECORD — +91 99876 34410
TRAI Subscriber Verification — Vodafone India (Response to LEA Request)
Number+91 99876 34410
NetworkVodafone India (now Vi)
SIM TypePostpaid Corporate
Account TypeCorporate — Business Entity
Registered Account NameNK FILM PROJECTS LLP
Account LLPINAAP-8831
Registered Addressc/o SR Associates, Unit 7, Andheri Industrial Estate, Andheri (W), Mumbai — 400053
Authorised SignatoryRane, Sameer Prakash (Designated Partner)
SIM Activation Date07 January 2025
KYC DocumentLLP Certificate (LLPIN AAP-8831) + Aadhaar of authorised signatory
Physical SIM HolderNot separately recorded — corporate account
Number +91 99876 34410 is registered to NK Film Projects LLP (LLPIN AAP-8831), the entity incorporated by Sameer Rane and his father on 03 January 2025 (see E13). The SIM was activated on 07 January 2025 — four days after the company was incorporated. Sameer Rane is the authorised signatory for the account. The number is a corporate postpaid line, not a personal number.
CDR FOR +91 99876 34410 — 14 FEBRUARY 2025 (PARTIAL)
Records for the NK Film Projects number on 14 February 2025, requested under the same LEA direction:
TIME · TYPE · REMOTE NUMBER · DURATION · TOWER
11:02 · Outgoing · +91 98204 71390 (Arjun Malhotra) · 1m 12s · Film City-01
10:19 · Incoming · +91 98204 71390 (Arjun Malhotra) · 7m 44s · Film City-01
18:07 · Outgoing · +91 98204 71390 (Arjun Malhotra) · 9m 22s · Film City-01
19:07 · — (SMS sent) · +91 98204 71390 · — · Film City-01
19:31 · Incoming · +91 98204 71390 (Arjun Malhotra) · 6m 14s · Film City-01
19:44 · — (SMS sent) · +91 98204 71390 · — · Film City-01
19:52 · Incoming · +91 98204 71390 (Arjun Malhotra) · 3m 27s · Film City-01
20:04 · — · No further activity this number after 20:04 on 14 Feb 2025. —
The NK Film Projects number ceases all activity at 20:04 on 14 February — consistent with the last call received by Arjun Malhotra's number at 20:04:55 (E05). Tower data for the NK Film Projects number shows Film City-01 coverage throughout — placing the SIM holder on the Film City Studios campus from at least 10:00 to 20:04. The physical holder of the SIM on 14 February 2025 is not separately recorded under the corporate account.
Analyst Summary
The person corresponding to "NK" in Arjun Malhotra's contact list was operating a corporate SIM registered to NK Film Projects LLP — an entity controlled by Sameer Rane. Whoever carried that phone and communicated with Malhotra as "NK" throughout the production period had access to the NK Film Projects corporate account. On the basis of the company record and SIM authorisation, Sameer Rane is the designated controller of that line.