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| Freezing
North Zone Fetches Thousands of Pirated Goods |
The plummeting temperatures did nothing to slow down determined
pirates in the first fortnight of December. The vigilant
law enforcement and the anti-piracy teams had their hands
full braving the cold and uncovering thousands of pirated
VCDs and MP3 CDs across the North Zone. |
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Uttar Pradash led the piracy
bandwagon with a total of 20099
pirated MP3 and VCDs recovered from shops in Ambedkar
Nagar, Agra, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Gorakhpur, Bijnor and
Etah. |
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Rajasthan wasn’t far behind with
over 8375 MP3 CDs and VCDs
to its credit. Two successful suo moto raids carried out
by the Rajasthan police on 6 shops in the Hanumangarh
area of Jaipur led to the seizure of 2622
pirated VCDs, 3 Computers and 2CD Writers and 256 MP3
CDs. With shutters being downed on Rhythm Audio
Video, Ajai Music Center and Galaxy Music Center, 3 of
the 6 establishments raided, it’ll be a while before
they see any customers! |
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Raju Cassette Wala and Millennium Sound
in Udaipur also sealed their chances of happily welcoming
the New Year after raids uncovered 218
MP3 CDs and 30 pirated VCDs from their premises.
Rajkumar Khatwani and Manish Kukreja were arrested on
location. |
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Ajmer, popular for the world-renowned dargah
of saint Salim Chisti, also came into the limelight for
all the wrong reasons on December 8th when raids on 2
vendors in the Clock Tower area and 1641
MP3 CDs and 2121 pirated VCDs were seized. |
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The capital, New Delhi, as usual, yielded
a big loot of 9267 pirated MP3
CDs, 8852 VCDs, 1079 CDs and 30 inlay cards. The
raid led to the arrest of accused Vinod Mittal, Kamlesh,
Siddharth and 5 others. The shops included those of Palika
Bazaar and Flash Computers. |
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The sub-zero temperatures in Jalandhar
too did nothing to dissuade pirates to take a break. A
total of 2140 pirated MP3 CDs,
170 inlay cards and 3956 pirated VCDs were recovered
from different shops including, the interestingly named,
Love Music Centre in Sahkot. The seizure includes 80 VCDs
of Warner titles. |
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While a successful raid on Music Point
and Video in Chandigarh uncovered 7027
MP3 CDs and 10933 pirated VCDs, Muktasar and Amritsar
also yielded some 4975 pirated
MP3 CDs, VCDs and cassettes, 1 CCP (1X4), 8 CD Writers,
8 DVD Writers, 1 scanner, 225 blank CDRs and 40000 inlay
cards. The culprits include owners of Ekta Music
Center, GM Electronics, Shivshakti Electronics and Rinku
Electronics. |
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In Patna, a CD recording unit was unearthed
in an excellent raid conducted at a residential premise
at Kadamkyan on 17th December. 6
Computers, 50 CD Writers, 300 blank CDRs, 3400 pirated
VCDs and 10000 inlay cards were seized. Accused
Uma Shankar Rai was arrested. In another excellent raid
4 shops, Shivam Center, Shivam CD Center, Modern Electronics
and Super Electronics were searched in Lok Market, Dehri
on 27th December. 300 pirated
cassettes, 389 MP3 CDs and 866 pirated VCDs were
recovered and 6 persons were arrested. |
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Delhi :-
A shop called Chahat Music Center was searched in Old
Seemapuri area of Delhi on 31st January. 651 MP3 CDs and
181 pirated VCDs were recovered. Accused Surya Narayan. |
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Dist. Buxar, Bihar
:- 545 MP3 CDs and 1279 pirated VCDs were seized
from 3 shops Lovely Video, Keshri Electronics and VIP
Electronics in a suo motu operation by the Bihar Police
in Dumrawan Town, Dist. Bixar on 23rd January. 3 persons
were arrested. |
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Basti, U.P.
:- In a raid conducted at a shop called Raj Video in Basti
on 17th January, 302 MP3 CDs and 150 pirated VCDs were
seized. Accused Shadiq Ali was arrested. |
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Sultanpur, U.P.
:- In an excellent raid conducted at Sultanpur, U.P. on
24th January, a shop called Babloo Electronics was searched.
2209 MP3 CDs and 2072 pirated VCDs were seized. Accused
Anees Ahmed was arrested. |
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Agra, U.P.
:- A CD recording unit was seized from a residential premises
in Fohara area of Agra on 30th January. 14 CD Writers,
350 pirated cassettes, 183 pirated CDs and 22000 inlay
cards were recovered. Owner Raj Prakash was arrested. |
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Varanasi, U.P.
:- In an excellent anti-piracy operation in Varanasi,
U.P. a CDR unit was seized from a residential premises
on 27th January. 11 CD Writers, 1 Computer, 1200 blank
CDRs, 1073 pirated VCDs and 5500 inlay cards were recovered.
Owner Pradeep Gethe was arrested. |
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Amritsar, Punjab
:- 456 MP3 CDs and 551 pirated VCDs were seized form Pankaj
Music Shop at Amritsar on 19th January. Owner Pankaj Kapur
was arrested. |
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Dist. Moga, Punjab
:- A shop called S.G. Electronics was raided in
Dist. Moga on 23rd January. 390 MP3 CDs and 1074 pirated
VCDs were seized. 2 persons Gagandeep and Sunil Kumar
were arrested. (Seizure includes 60 VCDs of Warner titles). |
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Dist. Gurdaspur,
Punjab :- In an excellent raid a CD recording unit
was seized from a residential premise in Batala, Dist.
Gurdaspur on 27th January. 4 CD Writers, 450 MP3 CDs and
505 pirated VCDs and 1450 inlay cards were seized. Owner
Sukhraj was arrested. |
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Dist. Jaipur, Rajasthan :- 2 shops, Vari
Electronics and BL Music Center were searched in Dudu,
Dist. Jaipur (Rural) on 23rd January. 36 music cassettes,
94 MP3 CDs and 100 pirated VCDs were seized. 2 persons
Shyam Kumar and Banwarilal were arrested. |
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| South
Zone Celebrates the Arrest of Notorious Pirates
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The south zone reported
some interesting developments in the first fortnight
of December. The Chennai team had been keeping a
watch on the activities of J. Jimmahkhan, a well
known supplier of pirated CDs to Burma Bazaar. On
8th December, he was nabbed from his residence in
Triplicane area of Chennai, and 455
MP3 CDs, 822 pirated VCDs and 2000 inlay cards
besides a motorbike were seized (the raid includes
240 VCDs of Warner titles).
Apparently, this is the fourth case against him
and the decision makers are exploring the possibility
of having him detained under the Goonda Act. |
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Other successful raids in Chennai
led to the collective seizure of about 9130
pirated MP3 CDs and VCDs and 3200 inlay cards.
The raids also uncovered a huge total of 4597 VCDs
of Warner Titles. |
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The Chennai raids also led to the
arrest of a well known supplier of pirated CDs,
Haja Sheak. He was remanded to 15 days judicial
custody. This is the second case against the accused. |
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While the beautiful city of Madurai
yielded some 5405 pirated
VCDs and MP3 CDs in raids covering many shops
across the city, raids across other regions of Tamil
Nadu, including Theni, Dindigul, Trichy and Virudnagar
also helped uncover a total of 6451
VCDs, MP3 CDs and CDs. |
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Karnataka, recently in the news
for the callous shootout during a conference of
some of India’s prominent mathematicians,
ceded some 10855 pirated
MP3 CDs, CDs and VCDs in raids across shops
in Bangalore. |
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Raids in Vishakhapatanam and Hyderabad
uncovered 8139 pirated
DVDs and 588 pirated MP3 CDs. Suo Moto raids
in Kerala too yielded about 9651 pirated CDs. |
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Chennai,
T.N. :- 2 vendors were searched in Triplicane
area of Chennai on 19th January. 510 MP3 CDs and
749 pirated VCDs were seized. 2 persons Vasan and
Krishnamoorthy were arrested and remanded to 15
days judicial custody. (Seizure includes 560 VCDs
of Warner titles).
Chennai,
T.N. :- 535 MP3 CDs and 545 pirated VCDs
were seized from 2 vendors in Koyambedu area of
Chennai on 21st January. 2 persons, Ramakrishna
and Tondiayarpet were arrested and remanded to 15
days judicial custody. (Seizure includes 313 VCDs
of Warner titles).
Chennai,
T.N. :- A CD recording unit was seized in
a raid conducted at a residential premise in Triplicane,
Chennai on 23rd January. 8 CD Writers, 115 MP3 CDs,
252 pirated VCDs and 1500 inlay cards were recovered.
2 persons Venkatesan and Aneez were arrested and
remanded to 15 days judicial custody.
Chennai, T.N. :-
In an excellent raid 3 premises were searched in
Avadi, China Bazaar and Pudupet area of Chennai
on 25th January. 2 CD Writers, 4410 MP3 CDs, 1233
pirated VCDs and 27000 inlay cards were seized.
3 persons Syed Mohamed Umar, Thameem Ansari and
Syed Sathakathullah were arrested and remanded to
15 days judicial custody.
Chennai,
T.N. :- 466 MP3 CDs and 691 pirated VCDs
were seized from 2 vendors at Pallavaram and Vellacherry
areas of Chennai on 27th January. 2 persons Adhul
and Nagalingam were arrested and remanded to 15
days judicial custody. (Seizure includes 363 VCDs
of Warner titles).
Chennai,
T.N. :- A CD recording unit was seized from
a premises at Vyasarpadi, Chennai on 30th January.
15 CD Writers, 256 MP3 CDs, 100 blank CDRs and 977
pirated VCDs were recovered. Accused G. Kumar was
arrested and remanded to 15 days judicial custody.
Chennai, T.N. :-
A vendor was raided in a suo motu raid conducted
by the TN Police in Adambakkam area of Chennai on
3rd January. 654 pirated VCDs were seized. 1 person
was arrested and remanded to 15 days judicial custody.
Chennai, T.N.
:- In a suo motu raid premises of 4 shops, Sekar
Audio’s in Kodungaiyur area and Saroj Digital
System in Triplicane area of Chennai were searched
on 4th January. 464 pirated VCDs were seized. 2
persons were arrested and remanded to 15 days judicial
custody.
Chennai,
T.N. :- Shop nos. 49A and 97A in Burma Bazaar
and a vendor at High Court area of Chennai were
raided in a suo motu raid conducted by T.N. Police
on 7th January. 390 pirated VCDs were seized. 3
persons were arrested and remanded to 15 days judicial
custody.
Chennai,
T.N. :- A shop called Trishal Audio at Mint
Street and 2 vendors in Ambattur , Bose Road and
Mannadi area of Chennai were searched in a suo motu
raid conducted by the T.N. Police on9th, 11th, 15th
and 16th January. 1469 pirated VCDs and MP3 CDs
were seized. 4 persons were arrested and remanded
to 15 days judicial custody.
Chennai,
T.N. :- 2 vendors were searched by the T.N.
Police in Madipakkam and Tambaram area of Chennai
on 19th and 21st January. 437 pirated VCDs and MP3
CDs were recovered. 2 persons were arrested and
remanded to 15 days judicial custody.
Dist.
Trichy, T.N. :- 6 suo motu raids were conducted
by the T.N. Police in Dist. Trichy on 3rd, 7th,
9th and 10th of January. Premises of Jai Video,
Ganam Electronics, N. Tex Tailoring Shop, A to Z
Collection Shop, Jayaraman Radio and Moorthy VCDs
shop were searched. 1099 MP3 CDs and 1352 pirated
VCDs were recovered. 6 persons were arrested and
remanded to 15 days judicial custody.
Dist.
Puthukkottai, T.N. :- 570 MP3 CDs and 590
pirated VCDs were seized from 3 shops, Jaws Electronics,
Nagammal Book Stall and Samy CD World in Dist. Puthukkottai
in suo motu raids carried out by the T.N. Police
on 18th and 19th January. 3 persons were arrested
and remanded to 15 days judicial custody.
Dist. Karur, T.N. :-
3 shops M.V. Tailor, Rytham Video and CD Musicals
were searched in suo motu raids conducted by the
T.N. Police on 2nd and 23rd January. 475 MP3 CDs
and 311 pirated VCDs were recovered. 3 persons were
arrested and remanded to 15 days judicial custody.
Dist. Theni, T.N.
:- In a suo motu raid conducted on Jannis Stickers
and Kavitha Stores by the T.N. Police on 13th and
27th January. 835 MP3 CDs and 251 pirated VCDs were
seized. 2 persons were arrested and remanded to
15 days judicial custody.
Dist.
Dindigul, T.N. :- 146 MP3 CDs were seized
in a suo motu conducted by the T.N. Police in Dist.
Dindigul on 31st January. Premises of Beema Foot
were searched. 1 person was arrested and remanded
to 15 days judicial custody.
Dist.
Madurai, T.N. :- In a suo motu anti-piracy
operation conducted by the T.N. Police 7 raids were
conducted in Dist. Madurai on 2nd, 6th, 7th, 9th,
19th, and 25th January. Shop no. 164 and 78 in Meenakshi
Bazaar, Shop no. 87 in Pandi Bazaar and 4 vendors
were searched. 883 MP3 CDs and 1090 pirated VCDs
were seized. 7 persons were arrested and remanded
to 15 days judicial custody.
Dist.
Virudnagar, T.N. :- 490 MP3 CDs and 466 pirated
VCDs were seized from the premises of J.K.B. Musical
and a vendor in Dist. Virudnagar in suo moto raids
conducted by the T.N. Police on 27th and 30th January.
2 persons were arrested and remanded to 15 days
judicial custody.
Dist.
Kanyakumarii, T.N. :- 4 suo motu raids were
conducted by the T.N. Police on Azha Videos, Min
Minin Musical and Shop nos. 80 and 81 in Dist. Kanyakumari
on 10th and 11th January. 785 MP3 CDs and 405 pirated
VCDs were seized. 3 persons were arrested and remanded
to 15 days judicial custody.
Bangalore,
Karnataka :- Shop nos. 13 and 13A were searched
in National Market area of Bangalore on 16th January.
1270 MP3 CDs and 1010 pirated VCDs were seized.
2 persons Ashraff and Chandra were arrested. (Seizure
includes 560 VCDs of Warner titles).
Bangalore,
Karnataka :- In an excellent anti-piracy
operation simultaneous raids were conducted on 6
premises, Shop no.s 22 and 23 in National Market,
Visual World and Shop no. 25 in Commercial Plaza
and Sweetone and Videotronics at S.P. Road, Bangalore
on 23rd January. 6335 MP3 CDs and 5480 pirated VCDs
were recovered. 6 persons were arrested. (Seizure
includes 2460 VCDs of Warner titles).
Secunderabad,
A.P. :- 1 Computer/CD Writer and 6 MP3 CDs
were seized from the premises of Venus Communications
at Secunderabad on 18th January. Accused Pulloori
Kuranmy was arrested.
Cyberabad, A.P.
:- A shop called Megha Internet Center was searched
in Balanagar area of Cyberabad on 24th January.
1 Computer/CD Writer and 6 MP3 CDs were seized.
1 person Mohd. Khaleel was arrested. |
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| Piracy
Spreads across Smaller Eastern Towns |
The Eastern Zone showed a significant increase in the
number of instances of piracy from smaller towns. Despite
the diligent efforts of institutions like IMI and assistance
of many law enforcement agencies, pirates, earlier restricted
to bigger cities, are continuing to grow across smaller
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Evidence of the above are the
carefully timed raids in smaller towns and cities like
Burdwan, Shillong, Dibrugarh, Naihati, Dakshin Dinajpur,
Malda, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas that yielded
a cumulative total of around
9 CD Writers, 435 CDs, 9295 cassettes and 81700 inlay
cards and 7479 VCDs. |
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Three raids across shops called B.R. Electronics,
Guddu Electronics and S.S. Service Point in Guwahati,
Assam, also yielded about 522
pirated CDs and VCDs. Accused Fakruddin Ahmed and
Nripen Das were arrested from the raided premises. |
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A series of raids across Kolkata, ruined
New Year eve plans for pirates Raj Dayal Shaw, Ramji Yadav,
Krishna Mukherjee, Sanjoy Mondal, Arun Gupta and Shaikh
Jamir Alam when were arrested for selling pirated goods
totaling to about 600 CDs, 2700
VCDs and 1983 MP3 CDs. |
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One significant success was achieved in
a raid conducted by the West Bengal Police in Bankura
Town in which a CD recording unit was seized from a residential
premise. 1 Computer, 2 CD Writers,
1369 MP3 CDs, 350 blank CDRs and 2500 inlay cards were
recovered and owner Susanta Mahapatra was arrested. |
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Kolkata, W.B.
:- 1105 MP3 CDs and 424 pirated VCDs were seized from
a vendor on A.J.C. Road, Kolkata on 16th January. Owner
Khokan Sardar was arrested. (Seizure includes 35 VCDs
of Warner titles).
Kolkata, W.B. :- Simultaneous
raids were conducted on 6 vendors at Howrah Railway Bus
Terminus on 25th January. 836 MP3 CDs and 3050 pirated
VCDs were seized. 4 persons were arrested.
Kolkata, W.B. :- In an
excellent raid a shop cum Library, Digital World was searched
in Kolkata on 27th January. 1356 pirated VCDs and MP3
CDs were seized. 2 persons Uttam Hazra and Swapan Basak
were arrested.
Dist. Dhubri, Assam :-
791 pirated VCDs and MP3 CDs were seized from 2 premises
in Dist. Dhubri on 18th January. 2 persons were arrested.
Goalpara, Assam :- 633
pirated VCDs and MP3 CDs were recovered from the premises
of Sangam Music Center in Goalpara, Assam on 19th January.
1 person was arrested.
Dist. Jalpaiguri, W.B.
:- In a suo motu raid conducted by the W.B. Police 348
pirated VCDs were seized from a shop at Surasang at Babupara
on 18th January.
Burdwan, W.B. :- 4272
pirated MP3 CDs and VCDs were seized from 2 shops at Sharadpally,
Shyampur in a suo motu raid conducted by W.B. police on
24th January. Owners Mitaram Kahar and Abhi Bhownik were
arrested.
Burdwan, W.B. :- 2600
pirated VCDs were seized from a shop at Searsolemore,
Ranigunge, Burdwan in a suo motu action by the W.B. police
on 14th January. Owner Jawar Shaw was arrested.
Nadia, W.B. :- A shop
called Ghosh Electronics was searched by the W.B. police
at Ranaghat, Nadia on 16th January. 2164 pirated CDs were
seized. Owner Sanjay Biswas was arrested.
Dist. Nadia, W.B. :- 672
pirated VCDs were seized from a shop called Bijot Mike
Service at Santipur area of Dist. Nadia on 16th January.
Owner Bijoy Sarkar was arrested.
Dist. Bankuar, W.B. :-
2 shops, Magina – Sini CD Plant and Music World
were searched in Dist. Bankura in a suo motu raid conducted
by the W.B. Police on 22nd and 24th January. 103 MP3 CDs
and 935 pirated VCDs were seized. 2 persons were arrested.
Dist. 24 Parganas, W.B.
:- A CD recording unit was recovered from a residential
premises in a suo motu raid conducted by the Police in
Baruipur area of Dist. 24 Parganas (South) on 30th January.
1 Computer/CD Writer, 40 MP3 CDs, 180 pirated VCDs, 100
blank CDRs and 10 inlay cards were seized. 2 persons were
arrested. |
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| Winter
Sends Most Western Pirates into Deep Freeze |
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The steadily dipping mercury
sent most pirates into a deep freeze. IMI with its team
of intelligence and law enforcement agents continued to
raid suspicious vendors and shops across the west zone.
In one excellent raid, known pirate Ramesh Rajput was
arrested from the premises of Sainath Music in Goyal Shopping
Center at Borivali. The raid carried out on the 15th December
yielded a total of 200 pirated cassettes, 1200
MP3 CDs and 640 pirated VCDs, including 500 VCDs
of Warner titles. |
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In another series of massive simultaneous
mass raids across Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 10 vendors were
searched and 6100 pirated CDs and VCDs recovered. 5 persons
suspected of being party to the nefarious activities of
their shops were arrested. A CD recording unit was also
raided in the Kalupur area of Ahmedabad on 15th December.
4 CD Writers, 6500 pirated CDs/cassettes
and 72000 inlay cards were recovered. The raid
was carried out by the Crime branch on information provided
by the IMI team and led to the arrest of accused Chotu
Bhai, a notorious pirate in the Kalupur area. |
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A raid on Sound Music Center in Pune also
yielded some 325 MP3 CDs and
495 pirated VCDs and led to the arrest of accused
Naresh Chetkindhi. Significantly, Sound Music Centre was
on the list of targets for Maharashtra. |
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Mumbai :-
A raid was conducted on a vendor at Marine Drive, Mumbai
on 24th January. 420 pirated VCDs and MP3 CDs were seized.
1 person was arrested.
Ahmedabad, Gujarat :-
2 shops New Raj Stores, Bombay Store and a vendor were
searched in a suo motu raid conducted by the Gujarat Police
on 10th and 18th January. 12994 pirated VCDs and MP3 CDs
were seized. 10 persons were arrested.
Baroda, Gujarat :- 3 vendors
were raided in a suo motu action conducted by the Gujarat
Police in Baroda City on 13th January. 16315 pirated VCDs
and MP3 CDs were recovered. 6 persons were arrested.
Anand Town, Gujarat :-
2379 pirated VCDs and MP3 CDs were seized in a suo motu
raid conducted on 2 vendors by the Gujarat Police. 2 persons
were arrested.
Bhopal, M.P. :- 60 pirated
VCDs and MP3 CDs were seized in a suo motu raid conducted
b the MP Police at T.T. Nagar, Bhopal on 9th January.
Accused Habib was arrested. |
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