6 arrested for blackmailing makers over Baahubali 2 piracy
The cyber crime police of Hyderabad have arrested six members of inter-state movie piracy gang for illegally downloading Baahubali 2: The Conclusion from a theatre in Bihar and blackmailing the producers, including Karan Johar, for money. The film's production house Arka Mediaworks stated that a man demanded ?15 lakh from the producers to not upload Baahubali 2's HD copy online.
The cyber crime police of Hyderabad have arrested an inter-state movie piracy gang for illegally downloading HD print of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion from a theatre in Bihar. The gang had blackmailed the producers including Karan Johar for money. Police arrested Rahul Mehta (26), Jitender Kumar Mehta (37) Taufiq (27) Md Ali (39) all from Delhi. Divakar Kumar (owner of Veena Cinema Hall at Teghra Begusarai in Bihar) and Chandan from Patna, while another accused Monu from Begusarai, Bihar is absconding. On April 29, cyber crime sleuths of the CCS, received a complaint from Arka Mediaworks and the producer alleged that one Rahul approached them posing as a member of an anti-piracy agency and demanded Rs 15 lakh from the producers to not upload the HD copy of the film online.The cyber crime police registered a case and nabbed the main accused Rahul Mehta on May 11 from Posh Jubilee hills area of Hyderabad. Based on his information, the rest were arrested in Delhi and Bihar. Investigation has also revealed that the accused Monu had helped the gang to get copy the digital print of the film with the digital key supplied by the distributor, while other accused Jitender and Taufiq were earlier arrested by Jabalpur Police in 2015 for pirating Baahubali: The Beginning.ALSO READ: Baahubali 2 box office collection Day 20ALSO READ: Baahubali 2 Tamil Review