May 14, 2008
Pirated CDs have always been the bane of the film industry. Though the higher authorities are trying hard to curb this problem, the issue seems to rear its ugly head now and then. With new films hitting the screens, the problem is just getting bigger.
On a tip off, recently, the police conducted a raid in a theatre in Chennai and arrested Abdul Raja for capturing the film Kuruvi in his video camera. A habitual offender, Abdul Raja had already been arrested twice.
On a search conducted in his home, it was fou nd that he had about 400 copies of Kuruvi CD and other new films. It is expected that Abdul may be booked under the Goondas Act.
Pirated Kuruvi DVDs seized
The city police have arrested four persons for selling pirated DVDs and VCDs of the Tamil film Kuruvi, produced by Udayanidhi Stalin, grand son of the chief minister M Karunanidhi, and starring Vijay and Trisha. The police conducted an intensive raid across the city on Wednesday reports TNN.
The police swung into action following instructions from the political bosses to curb selling the pirated versions of the film. The police formed special teams to conduct raids simultaneously in many places across the city targeting Burma Bazaar, T Nagar, Mogappair and Saidapet.
Police arrested Raja (25), Periya Balaji alias Padmanabhan (44), Suresh (27) and Arunachalam (35) for selling the pirated CDs. They recovered 3,690 DVDs and VCDs, including porn and other language films, worth Rs 26.21 lakh.
A police officer admitted that they have seized only 25 pirated versions of the film Kuruvi. The arrested were produced before the magistrate court in Egmore and remanded in judicial custody.
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