Theft at Zoya Akhtar's Production House: Data Worth ₹13 Lakh Stolen, Hard Discs Sold for ₹15-20,000 Each
Police say 66 drives were stolen and 24 sold on the grey market, putting unreleased film and OTT project material at risk.
- An employee of Tiger Baby was arrested in connection with allegedly stealing hard drives from the production house's Bandra office after staff discovered missing disks on May 21.
- When colleagues grew suspicious and checked the storage cupboard, they found hard drives replaced with empty and damaged boxes, prompting management to launch a detailed internal audit revealing 119 drives missing.
- The accused allegedly stole 66 hard drives and sold 24 of them to a Borivali resident for Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 each; stolen disks contained unreleased footage from acclaimed projects including Made in Heaven and Ghost Stories.
- Both suspects were remanded to police custody till May 29 while Bandra police investigate another employee suspected of involvement and cybercrime experts trace potential content leaks.
- With 42 hard drives still unaccounted for, Tiger Baby Digital LLP faces uncertainty about intellectual property loss as cybercrime experts investigate whether stolen production content from the acclaimed production house has been circulated online.
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Zoya Akhtar's Tiger Baby Films hit by major data theft, office boy arrested
Mumbai Police have arrested two men for allegedly stealing hard disks from Tiger Baby's Bandra office. The missing drives carried unreleased film and web series material, with losses estimated at over Rs 13 lakh.
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The Mumbai Police have arrested an office staffer and a grey market buyer for the theft of dozens of high-capacity hard disks from Tiger Baby Digital LLP, the production company owned by filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti. The support staffer confessed to systematically stealing the drives over a five-month period and selling them for a fraction of their value. 🎥 Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti’s Production House Hit With Data Theft, 66 Hard Di…
119 Hard Drives Worth Rs 13 Lakh Stolen From Zoya Akhtar’s Production House; Staffer Sold Them In Borivali
Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's production house Tiger Baby Digital LLP reportedly suffered data theft worth Rs 13 lakh at its Mumbai office, with 119 hard drives missing. An employee has been arrested.
Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti lose data worth about Rs 13 lakh after alleged theft at office
Sixty-six disks, each worth around Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000, have allegedly been stolen from the Mumbai office of Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's production house Tiger Baby, which if leaked online, could cost them crores.
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