Mumbai crime: Sixty-six hard disks worth Rs 13 lakhs vanish from Zoya Akhtar’s production house

The Bandra police arrested two men in connection with the theft of film shoot hard disks worth around Rs 13 lakh from Tiger Baby Digital LLP the production house owned by filmmakerproducer Zoya Akhtar and screenwriter Reema KagtiThe complainant Mehjabeen Mushtaq Sheikh 36 works as an executive assistant and HR admin at the company Important film advertisement and shootrelated data were stored in the hard disks kept at the Bandra West officeTheft comes to lightAccording to the police on May 21 2026 around 430 pm a hard disk required for work could not be found A check of the office cupboard revealed several hard disks were missing while only a few burnt cardboard boxes were found inside During verification police discovered that 66 out of 119 hard disks were missing from the officeStaff questionedA Borivali resident who allegedly purchased the devices is one of the two arrested accused Representation picistockSuspicion fell on two members of the companyrsquos support staff who were questioned by police During interrogation one employee allegedly confessed to stealing 25 hard disks over the past five monthsPolice said the accused sold the hard disks to a Borivali resident for Rs 15000 to Rs 20000 each CCTV footage from the company office has also been seized for investigationTwo arrestedThe arrested accused have been identified as Mohammad Shahid Azim Khan an employee at the production house and Ritesh Shah 44 a Borivali resident who allegedly purchased the hard disksSenior Inspector Ravindra Salunkhe of Bandra police station said ldquoWe have arrested both accused including the employee who stole the hard disks from the company Further investigation is underwayrdquoMay 21Day when several hard disks were found missing