Racketeer arrested, seizes 1000 pirated CDs in raid

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
Last Updated : Jun 01 2016 | 9:22 PM IST
A 45-year-old man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a pirated CDs and DVDs racket and seized around 1000 pirated CDs from his house near here.
Police said a team raided the house of one Rajasekar at Shanmughapuram last night after receiving a tip off that he was engaged in manufacturing pirated CDs of latest Tamil and English movies and also confiscated DVD players and a copy writer from him.
The accused was arrested under Copyright Act. He was also making porn CDs and copying the pirated CDS which were later distributed to retail and wholesale dealers in and around Puducherry, they added.
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First Published: Jun 01 2016 | 9:22 PM IST

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