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Tiger Baby Digital LLP is the production company co-founded by filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti. The company’s office is located in Bandra, Mumbai. Tiger Baby has produced some of the most prominent OTT content in India in recent years. That includes Amazon Prime Video series “Made in Heaven” and Netflix’s anthology “Ghost Stories.”
The production house handles large volumes of digital data. They include raw footage, edited cuts, post-production files across multiple projects at any given time.
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How the theft came to light
The incident came to light after employees were unable to locate hard disk needed for routine work. Thorough inspection of the storage units revealed that several original hard disks had allegedly been stolen and replaced with empty or damaged boxes.
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The theft was formally reported on Monday, May 26. Mehjabeen Shaikh, an executive assistant at Tiger Baby Digital LLP, lodged a complaint at the Bandra police station regarding the missing devices. As per reports, the issue had actually first surfaced on May 21 after staff could not locate a few hard disks required for ongoing work.
What was on the hard disks
According to police, the 66 stolen hard disks contained important digital content, including raw footage, advertisements, post-production backups, archives of various unreleased film and web series projects.
The missing drives reportedly contained raw footage, edited material, post-production backups, and unreleased archives linked to projects including “Made in Heaven,” “Ghost Stories,” “Gandhi Money,” and a Nykaa ad campaign.
The two accused
Mumbai Police arrested two men after an official complaint.
First accused is Mohammad Shahid Azim Khan, an office assistant who was entrusted with handling and safeguarding the storage devices. Khan is 28 years old and resident of Vakola in Santacruz. His role at Tiger Baby Digital gave him direct access to the hard disks stored at the office.
The second accused is Ritesh Suresh Shah, a 44-year-old stationery shop employee, who bought the storage devices from Khan. Shah was not an employee of the production house and had no professional connection to it.
How the theft took place
During questioning, Khan reportedly admitted to stealing the drives over a five-month period. This was not one-time break-in. Khan allegedly removed hard disks from the office gradually and consistently over several months, which is why the theft went undetected for so long.
During interrogation, Mohammad Shahid Azim Khan confessed that he had stolen and sold 24 hard disks. This happened over the past few months. The total number of drives found missing by police stands at 66.
Khan allegedly sold the drives for Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 each. At that rate, the 24 disks he admitted to selling could have fetched him anywhere between Rs 3.6 lakh and Rs 4.8 lakh.
Where the investigation stands
Police have arrested both accused. The investigation is ongoing. Authorities are now probing possible data leaks and grey market circulation of the stolen content.
It is not yet clear whether any of the 66 hard disks have been recovered in full, or whether the content on them has already been copied or distributed.
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