Police have arrested a gang, comprising of 3 members, who were involved in making pirated VCDs of the movie Sivaji. The owner of the press Joseph Selvin fled from the clutches of the police. However, his brother Sahayarajan, designer Thamizharasan and printer Johnson have been arrested. Kaja and Faisal, both traders at the Burma Bazaar, also escaped.
The police conducted a raid on receiving secret information that Annai Offset Printing Press, in Triplicane, Chennai, were manufacturing pirated VCDs of the newly released Periyar and the yet to be released Sivaji. The law enforcement officers rushed to the spot and arrested the offenders. The search was based on the orders of Additional Commissioner of Police, S.R Jangid.
The police recovered scores of new movie VCDs and picture postcards estimated to be about Rs. 2 crores. These were loaded, by the police, in a lorry along with the film rolls and negatives used in for making the photos and were taken to the office of the Chennai Crime Branch.
On a surprise raid conducted at Egmore, Montieth Road, Casa Major Road platforms new VCDs worth Rs. 6 lakhs were seized.
