The economic offences wing (EOW) of the Pune police on Monday arrested a software engineer Asma Sandip Thorve (37), a resident of Uday Society in Sahkar Nagar, for allegedly cheating Brainvisa Technologies to the tune of Rs 46.5 crores, by stealing their source code. Earlier, the police had arrested software engineer Sameer Ashok Inamdar (36) of Kondhwa in the same case.

According to the police, Inamdar resigned from Brainvisa Technologies in August 2006. He allegedly stole the source code and other secret information of Brainvisa Technologies and started his own company. Owner of Brainvisa Technologies Nitin Hemchandra Agarwal had lodged a police complaint alleging that the company lost Rs 46.5 crores due to this.

A team, led by assistant commissioner Pushpa Deshmukh, arrested Thorve, who was Inamdar’s business partner and allegedly provided him the confidential data of Brainvisa.

Thorve worked as senior manager, business development, for Brainvisa from May 2004 to December 2005 and there on as vice president till December 2008, after which she joined Inamdar as a partner. Thorve was produced before court on Monday and has been remanded to police custody till June 26.