In their charge sheet against R.K. Pachauri, executive vice-chairman of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the police have rebutted his claim that the messages from his mobile phone to the victim were not actually sent by him, and that the device was hacked.

“However, because the nature of conversation is continuous, such a claim doesn’t hold water. We will include forensic evidence in the supplementary charge sheet,” a police officer said.