Circle officer (CO) Brahmpuri, Soumya Asthana, said that the case began unravelling when Dehradun Police discovered links to obscene content on a cyber portal in September 2025. Their digital trail led to Jain, prompting the Brahmpuri police station in Meerut to register an FIR and launch a manhunt. The accused has since gone underground, switching off his mobile phone to evade capture.