Hyderabad Cybercrime police busted a major movie piracy network, arresting five men involved in leaking new Telugu films. The racket caused Rs 22,400 crore loss to the industry in 2023. Pirated films were traced to hacked servers and theatre recordings

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police have dismantled a sophisticated movie piracy racket, arresting five key individuals and issuing notices to five others for aiding and abetting the illegal operation.

The network was involved in pirating and distributing newly released Telugu films, causing significant financial losses to the Indian film industry, which suffered an estimated Rs 22,400 crore loss due to piracy in 2023.

The arrested suspects are Ashwani Kumar (21) from Bihar, Cyril Infant Raj Amaladoss (32) from Tamil Nadu, Jana Ki

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