A 30-year-old man, working in the police IT cell as a contractual employee, was arrested by the Gurgaon police for stealing call detail records of bigwigs, including Bollywood celebrities.
Pradeep Kumar, who had access to police records, would access the call record details of influential people, including Bollywood celebrities and was selling them to his accomplice based out in Mumbai.
According to the Hindustan Times report, Kumar would meet his accomplice in posh Delhi hotels, where he would hand over the details.
The police have confirmation that details of at least 15 Bollywood actors were sold by Kumar.
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“Kumar himself didn’t know the owner of the phone numbers. He would share the details with the Mumbai man and would occasionally take money in return,” said inspector Sajjan Kumar, the investigation officer told Hindustan Times.