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4. The accused were produced before the Judicial Magistrate, Alandur for remand and the seized properties were also produced before the Magistrate, vide P.I.No.293 of 2013. On the orders of the Director General of Police, the case was transferred from the file of the "Q" Branch to the CB CID, Cyber Crime on 28.09.2013. The Inspector of Police, CB CID gave a requisition dated 06.11.2013 to the Judicial Magistrate, Alandur, for sending the seized items, including the Skimmer Machine, to the Tamil Nadu Forensic Sciences Department, Chennai for analysis and report, pursuant to which, the Judicial Magistrate, Alandur, despatched the articles to the Tamil Nadu Forensic Sciences Department on 19.11.2013. After analysing the articles, the Deputy Director, Computer Forensic Science Division, Forensic Sciences Department, sent a report dated 03.02.2015 to the Judicial Magistrate, Alandur. In the said report, it is clearly stated that a further report will be sent after examination of the other items, like laptop, mobile phone, card readers etc. Thus, from the above, it is evident that the Skimmer Machine was retained by the Tamil Nadu Forensic Sciences Department for further study.