A suspended Telangana Raj Bhavan worker, who was launched on bail in a case of morphing photographs of a feminine colleague, was arrested once more final week after he allegedly returned to the workplace at night time and stole a tough drive containing incriminating paperwork and photographs.
The Hyderabad Police on Tuesday stated that the laborious drives taken away by the accused, T Srinivas, 45, a suspended IT {hardware} engineer, contained no confidential or essential information from the Raj Bhavan, the Telangana governor’s official residence. The police added that the laborious drives have been faraway from Srinivas’s private desktop pc, which allegedly contained doctored photographs of a girl.
“Right this moment, it’s noticed that the reviews counsel that outsiders got here and stole from the Raj Bhavan; that paperwork containing essential issues associated to the Raj Bhavan have been additionally misplaced, are false,” S Mohan Kumar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Panjagutta, stated.
Earlier, on Could 10, a feminine worker on the Raj Bhavan had reported that her photographs had been morphed and despatched to her colleague, Srinivas, who then knowledgeable her of the incident. A case was filed, and in the course of the probe, Srinivas himself was recognized because the alleged offender. He was arrested on Could 12 however was later launched on bail.
The Raj Bhavan suspended Srinivas.
On Could 15, when IT supervisor N Rakesh and community engineer Sriram entered Room No 104 on the Raj Bhavan workplace. They discovered a pc with a blue display and a swapped laborious disk. Their suspicions led them to assessment CCTV footage, which confirmed Srinivas — sporting a helmet — getting into the premises round 10.11 pm on Could 14.
He allegedly eliminated the laborious drive from the pc he had been utilizing. Consequently, on Could 14, 2025, the Raj Bhavan IT supervisor filed a criticism, main to a different case being registered. Srinivas was interrogated, the laborious disk was recovered, and he was re-arrested on Could 15, 2025, and despatched again to remand. The laborious disk reportedly contained licensed software program, official paperwork, consumer credentials, and IT-related inspection reviews.
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