In a breakthrough in the piracy network, the cybercrime police of Hyderabad on Monday arrested the alleged mastermind of a piracy network that ran more than 65 mirror websites and is said to have caused massive losses to the Telugu film industry, PTI reported.

According to a police release issued on Monday, the accused, Ravi Emandi, was also found diverting lakhs of users from piracy websites to illegal betting platforms—an activity that resulted in large-scale financial exploitation of the public.

Top film personalities, including actors Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni and director S S Rajamouli, met Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar and appreciated the efforts of the police.

Tollywood producer Daggubati Suresh Babu reacted to the piracy racket busted by Hyderabad Police,

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