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KNot a lawyer but curious about what is happening.
What state are you located in?
How did cops contact you? Phone call to your number or visit to your residence?
Some things to think about or inquire/discuss with family –
Does anyone else in your house use signal?
Anyone that might have access to your WiFi password that uses signal / may be into illegal stuff like smoking w33d and stuff?
Obviously first priority is lawyering up, getting more written info/paperwork on what evidence they have, copy of chargesheet if already made etc.
KThe update is tragic. You should escalate the matter to nodal officer, if you haven’t already done it.KOkay, new sim with old number. Got it. What happened to the “ new number “ that came with the new sim? Do you have it? If yes, how does that work? One sim can receive calls and sms for both numbers?I’m extremely curious. Apologies.
KFull disclosure: I speak from a painful experience of having to deal with my name which was not straightforward and in standard format. You can take my words at face value because I know the true pitfalls.1. Absence of middle names creates no issues. Infact it makes things easier. That is the best case scenario. Do not include any “initials” either. Because PAN doesn’t accept initials when it comes at the beginning of the name or the ending of the name. Like J Ryan Carter or Ryan Carter J
FirstName LastName is gold standard, so just go with only that.
2. I think you must know, there is no concept of middle name in Indian passport. i.e. first name + middle name is combined together to form “Given name” in Indian passport, which gets converted to “first name” when your kid moves abroad.
Let’s assume “Ryan Jacob Carter” is your kid’s name.
Ryan is first name
Jacob is middle name
Carter is last name.Indian Passport will say
given name: Ryan Jacob
Last name: CarterWhen your kid moves abroad, their first name will become : Ryan Jacob , which will simply complicate things, cause confusion and also not look nice.
People will wonder whether to call your kid Ryan or Jacob.
Identity crisis for the kid as well. I have seen this happen with a friend here in India who has two names as first name, so this claim is not baseless.
If the middle name ends up being easier on the tongue for either Indians or foreigners then your kid will be known by middle name forever, which is worse.
Final suggestion from a mid 30s man who has seen enough suffering because of name: please keep only FirstName LastName. Keep firstname very simple. It’s very tempting to have fancy names but in the era of globalisation, if your kids name is very easy to pronounce for people of most nationalities then you would have done your kid proud.
If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
KUsage of middle name complicates things when it comes to passport, PAN etc.Keep it simple and universal with firstName lastName format.
