IT firm files data theft case against ex-staffer, rival co

GURGAON: An IT company has filed a case against a former employee alleging he had stolen its software, data and passwords in collusion with his present employer, causing huge losses to it.

The complain was lodged by Acme Tele Power against former employee Sachidanand Patnaik and two owners of Lambda Eastern Telecommunication where he is currently working, Gurgaon range inspector-general of police Mohinder Lal said on Sunday.

The matter “is very complicated and technical” and the police would seek help from Nasscom, he said. Acme senior manager (research and development) Pankaj Kumar Jain alleged in his FIR that Patnaik worked on 33 projects in the company and kept the secret passwords and data.

He stopped coming to office on April 2 and sent his resignation on April 16 after “corrupting and damaging” various passwords and software codes, Jain alleged.