Hyderabad: The Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has arrested four individuals for stealing confidential business information from their employer in order to set up a competing business.On Saturday, a team led by DSP KVM Prasad arrested P Durga Prasad (29), a former construction engineer, J Chandrasekhar Prasad (28), an AutoCAD designer, P Praveen Kumar (29), a billing engineer, and P Anil Kumar (29), a mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) manager.The arrests followed a complaint filed by a swimming pool installation company based in Banjara Hills. On 21 May, a case was registered at the TGCSB headquarters police station under sections 316(4) (criminal breach of trust by a clerk or servant), 318(4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the BNS and IT Acts.According to the police, the accused set up a parallel business called Kraftmen Engineering Infrastructure in the name of J Chandrasekhar Prasad’s father in order to conceal their involvement. They misappropriated confidential client data, project designs, pricing structures and strategic business information from their employer.“The accused systematically exploited their positions within the company to access and steal sensitive business information. They used this data to approach clients and divert business to their unauthorised venture,” said a TGCSB official.The investigation revealed that Praveen Kumar used the stolen data to contact clients, Prasad created unauthorised pool designs and Anil diverted labour and resources from ongoing projects.The police seized a laptop, four mobile phones and five SIM cards from the accused.They were remanded in judicial custody.
