Two booked after raw footage of Vikram Bhatt movies in disks stolen

Khan found that one Jitendra Sharma, who worked under Panigrahi, had all the disks in his possession. Whenever any staff member needed a disk for work, Sharma provided it after seeking permission from Panigrahi.

“Over the past few months, however, when the staff sought disks, Sharma would not provide it under one excuse or the other,” a official said.

On September 13, when another person at the office asked Sharma about the disks, he allegedly said that he had sold them to one Ashok Krush on Panigrahi’s orders for Rs 5,000–6,000 each, with half of the money allegedly going to Pranigrahi. Up to 10 disks were sold.

When Bhatt’s staff asked Sharma to return the disks, he switched off his phone and stopped coming to work. Panigrahi also stopped coming to the office and did not return the company’s mobile phones following which a complaint was given at the Versova police station.

The police registered the case against Pranigrahi and Sharma under Sections 316 (4) (criminal breach of trust) and 3 (5) (general explanation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.