Theft amidst ‘security circle’ in Bharat Mandapam! Bengaluru startup’s valuable AI device missing; Ashwini Vaishnav apologized:

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New Delhi. While on one hand the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ organized in the country’s capital is celebrating technology and innovation, on the other hand, major lapses and chaos in security arrangements have raised questions on the organizers. On the first day of this mega event going on at Bharat Mandapam located at Pragati Maidan, an incident happened which shocked the tech world. A promising Bengaluru startup’s ‘first patented AI wearable device’ went missing from its stall when security agencies were sanitizing the premises ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.

Theft occurred during ‘sanitization’ before PM’s visit

Bengaluru based startup ‘Neosapien’ Co-founder and CEO Dhananjay Yadav has filed a case with Delhi Police and described the incident as “shocking”.

What happened: According to Dhananjay Yadav, at around 12 noon, when the security personnel started vacating the exhibition area ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit at 2 pm, all the exhibitors were asked to move out temporarily.

Expensive device missing: When he returned, India’s first patented AI wearable device was missing from his booth. The device is equipped with cutting-edge technology to track conversations and analyze human emotions.

Startup’s question: “There were only security personnel inside, then how was the theft?”

Dhananjay Yadav has raised serious questions on the security arrangements on social media platform X. He wrote, “When only security personnel and authorized officials were present inside during the security cordoning, then how did our device get stolen? This is very disappointing for a startup like us.”

Police action: Delhi Police in this case FIR registered Have done. The investigating officer is now at the time of the incident. CCTV footage We are investigating so that we can know who picked up the device and when.

Chaos in the summit: Ashwini Vaishnav apologized

On the first day of the summit, not only theft but also huge crowd and chaos caused people to face a lot of trouble.

More crowd than expected: Union Minister of Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnav formally apologized for the disturbance during the press conference. He told that on the first day of the summit, much more than expected. more than 70,000 people Reached Bharat Mandapam, which faced problems in logistics and entry management.

How is this AI device and why is it special?

This AI wearable device developed by Neosapien is an Indian patented product. This wearable device not only converts the conversation into data, but also tells what the person’s emotions were during the conversation. The disappearance of this device is a huge intellectual property (IP) and financial loss for the startup.