Overview
- The loss was uncovered after staff checking storage on May 21 found empty and damaged hard‑disk boxes and reported 66 drives missing from a recorded inventory of 119.
- Bandra police have registered an FIR and arrested an office employee, Mohammad Shahid Azim Khan, and a Borivali buyer named Ritesh; both have been remanded to custody until May 29.
- Police say Khan confessed to stealing and selling 24 drives over about five months for roughly Rs 15,000–20,000 each and that investigators are working to locate the remaining devices.
- The missing drives were high‑capacity units (reported 16TB–72TB) that reportedly held raw footage, edits, backups and possible unreleased material for Tiger Baby projects.
- Tiger Baby’s founders confirmed the robbery and said backup copies exist while authorities continue recovery efforts and cyber‑forensic checks to assess any copying, leaks or wider networks involved.