A case of alleged data theft has come to light in Ahmedabad, with a complaint filed by Vikrambhai Patel, proprietor of the real estate consultancy firm Techno Property Solutions. Patel has accused his former employee and two associates of stealing proprietary data from the company’s web portal to launch their competing business.  

According to the complaint, Patel, who has been running Techno Property Solutions for the past eight years from New York Tower in Thaltej, discovered the data theft in August 2024.

The accused, Anil Vijaybhai Gaikwad, a former sales executive at Techno Property Solutions, allegedly used his familiarity with the company’s operations to steal its database. After leaving the company in 2020, Gaikwad partnered with Hemant Solki and Dhruv Ketankumar Mehta to establish a competing business, Vocal Connect Pvt Ltd, operating a portal named ProBroker from the Gujarat University Campus.  

Patel claimed that substantial amounts of data from his company’s portal (www.ahmedabad.technoproperty.in) were illegally accessed and uploaded onto ProBroker. Despite raising concerns with the directors of Vocal Connect Pvt. Ltd. in August 2024, Patel stated that he received no satisfactory explanation and observed continued data theft.  

In an attempt to verify his suspicions, Patel uploaded dummy property data on his company’s portal. Shortly after, the same data allegedly appeared on the portal of Vocal Connect Pvt Ltd, further substantiating the claims of unauthorised access.  

The complaint identifies Gaikwad, Solki, and Mehta as the primary accused in the case. Patel alleges that the trio systematically stole sensitive information to undermine his business.  

The Vastrapur Police Station has registered the complaint and launched an investigation. Authorities are expected to scrutinise digital evidence and examine the portals in question to determine the extent of the alleged data theft.