Chennai, June 4 -- In a shocking incident and a seripus security lapse, key Hard Disks (HDs) containing sensitive datas on tenders, coal procurement and recruitments made by the previous DMK regime were stolen from the headquarters of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) in Chennao and the government on Thursday, suspecting it as an act of sabotage, immediately ordered a detailed inquiry into it.
Though reports said 18 HDs were found removed from the computers and stolen, an official complaint by the EB department said eight HDs were found stolen.
The theft of HDs containing confidential datas comes in the backdrop of the ongoing probe into the tender-related irregularities in TANGEDCO and in the wake of the Madras High Court recently ...