Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- The Bengaluru Police have registered a case in connection with an alleged data theft worth approximately Rs 87 crore after a leading software company accused its former employee of illegally transferring sensitive source code and proprietary data.

The Bengaluru City Police have registered an FIR at the Whitefield CEN Crime Police Station in connection with the case, booked as Crime No. 0050/2026. The complaint was filed by Amadeus Software Labs India Private Limited, a leading technology firm, against its former employee Ashutosh Nigam.

According to the FIR, Nigam, who was working as Senior Manager - Research Scientist, allegedly exfiltrated the company's highly confidential source code and sensitive data on Octobe...