Data theft case: Hyderabad police issue notice to Google Play

A day after seeking information from Amazon Web Services, city Police probing the alleged data theft case involving an IT firm here Tuesday said a notice had been issued to Google Play as it was also said to have stored the database in its servers. Police also said four teams had been formed to secure owner of the firm IT Grids India Pvt Ltd D Ashok as he ‘failed’ to appear for investigation despite summons and was suspected to have fled to Andhra Pradesh. “Database is said to be have been stored with the Amazon Web Services and Google Play. We have sent notices to them for production of the database relating to the app,” Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar told PTI.

The Commissioner further said they are also in the process of writing AP governemnt, UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) and Election Commission and Registrar of Companies for more details in this regard. He had Monday said a notice had been issued to Amazon Web Services seeking information.