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.
Two people, including an office boy, have been arrested for allegedly stealing 66 hard disks containing crucial film and web series data from filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's production house, Tiger Baby, in Mumbai's Bandra, police said on Tuesday.
According to the police, the theft has led to a loss of data worth over Rs 13 lakh, reported PTI. The missing hard disks contained important digital material linked to film and OTT projects made under the banner, including unreleased footage, rough edits, edited footage, advertisement projects, post-production material, archival content, backups and completed movie data.
The theft came to light on Monday after Mehjabeen Shaikh, an executive assistant at Tiger Baby Digital LLP, lodged a complaint at Bandra police station about the missing devices. Police said the drives had storage capacities ranging from 16TB to 72TB and included material related to projects such as Made in Heaven and Zoya Akhtar's segment from Netflix India's 2020 horror anthology Ghost Stories.
During the investigation, police identified Mohammed Shahid Azim Khan, 28, an office boy from Vakola in Santacruz, as a suspect. According to the police, Khan was in charge of keeping the storage drives safe. They alleged that he stole the hard disks and sold 24 of them in the grey market over the last five months.
Police said Khan sold the devices for Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 each to Ritesh Suresh Shah, 44, a Borivali resident who works at a stationery shop. Investigators said Khan had systematically stolen 24 hard drives over five months alone. Initial estimates also suggest that more than 100 hard disks may have gone missing from the production company's office over the past few months.
The two accused have been booked under Section 306 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deals with theft by an employee, along with other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.
They have been remanded in police custody till May 29. Police said the stolen hard disks contained key production and archive material linked to several film and web series projects.
Tiger Baby Films is known for backing projects such as Superboys of Malegaon, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, Made in Heaven Season 2, The Archies and Dahaad, among others.
Two people, including an office boy, have been arrested for allegedly stealing 66 hard disks containing crucial film and web series data from filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's production house, Tiger Baby, in Mumbai's Bandra, police said on Tuesday.
According to the police, the theft has led to a loss of data worth over Rs 13 lakh, reported PTI. The missing hard disks contained important digital material linked to film and OTT projects made under the banner, including unreleased footage, rough edits, edited footage, advertisement projects, post-production material, archival content, backups and completed movie data.
The theft came to light on Monday after Mehjabeen Shaikh, an executive assistant at Tiger Baby Digital LLP, lodged a complaint at Bandra police station about the missing devices. Police said the drives had storage capacities ranging from 16TB to 72TB and included material related to projects such as Made in Heaven and Zoya Akhtar's segment from Netflix India's 2020 horror anthology Ghost Stories.
During the investigation, police identified Mohammed Shahid Azim Khan, 28, an office boy from Vakola in Santacruz, as a suspect. According to the police, Khan was in charge of keeping the storage drives safe. They alleged that he stole the hard disks and sold 24 of them in the grey market over the last five months.
Police said Khan sold the devices for Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 each to Ritesh Suresh Shah, 44, a Borivali resident who works at a stationery shop. Investigators said Khan had systematically stolen 24 hard drives over five months alone. Initial estimates also suggest that more than 100 hard disks may have gone missing from the production company's office over the past few months.
The two accused have been booked under Section 306 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deals with theft by an employee, along with other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.
They have been remanded in police custody till May 29. Police said the stolen hard disks contained key production and archive material linked to several film and web series projects.
Tiger Baby Films is known for backing projects such as Superboys of Malegaon, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, Made in Heaven Season 2, The Archies and Dahaad, among others.
