Hyderabad: The cybercrime police of Hyderabad have registered a case of cheating and data theft against three former senior executives of a city-based healthcare company for allegedly downloading and deleting confidential company data before abruptly resigning from their jobs.
The company issued notices to the three former employees on Oct 4, asking them to explain the deletions and preserve all relevant records and devices. The police have booked the three under Sections 66C and 66D of the IT Act and Sections 303(2) (theft), 316(4) (criminal breach of trust) and 318(4) (cheating) of the BNS.
“The former COO and CEO denied the allegations in their replies on Oct 5, while lead of innovation has not responded,” the complainant told police. Police said they were collecting evidence to verify the allegations. The complainant has asked police to seize the accused’s laptops, phones and cloud accounts and to seek a look out circular against the former COO.