‘IT Grids tracked beneficiaries of AP government programmes living in Telangana’

HYDERABAD: IT Grids India Private Limited allegedly obtained data of beneficiaries of Andhra Pradesh government programmes, living in the Telangana State, illegally along with total data of 3.5 crore voters in the State.

City police, who recently registered cases in connection with the data theft and are in touch with Cyberabad police regarding the probe, are understood to have obtained inputs that IT Grids management allegedly obtained data of the beneficiaries of Andhra Pradesh.

“Lokeshwar Reddy lodged a complaint with Madhapur police (Cyberabad) while Dasharatharami Reddy lodged a complaint with SR Nagar police (Hyderabad). Both complainants, and residents of the city, sensed that their data and their family members’ data, which is supposed to have been secret, was misused by private persons and was handed over to private agencies for other purposes,” said officials who are associated with the investigation team.