16 lakh citizens’ data in private company’s hand, police tell HC
The Hyderabad police have accused Transaction Analysts India Private Limited of unlawfully withholding sensitive data of nearly 16 lakh citizens, which they claim is detrimental to public interest. The police filed a counter affidavit in the Telangana High Court, asserting that the company's actions constitute fraud and obstruction of public administration. The company is facing a First Information Report for failing to transfer control of government data as per their agreement.
- ▪Transaction Analysts India Private Limited is accused of unlawfully withholding data of 16 lakh citizens.
- ▪The police filed a counter affidavit in the Telangana High Court regarding the matter.
- ▪The company was supposed to transfer control of data to the government by May 31, 2025, but failed to do so.
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The Transaction Analysts India Private Limited, against whom the Hyderabad police’s Detective department had issued a First Information Report, is ‘unlawfully withholding sensitive data relating to nearly 16 lakh citizens, causing grave prejudice to public interest and seriously affecting the smooth functioning of essential government digital services’, the police said in a counter affidavit filed in the Telangana High Court.DD Assistant Commissioner of Police A. Ram Reddy, who filed the affidavit in a criminal petition filed by the company and three others seeking to quash the FIR and stall all further proceedings, including arrest of the accused, said such deliberate withholding of crucial government data amounted to fraud, breach of trust and obstruction of public administration.
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