Overview
- Five suspects were arrested and notices were issued to five aides after TFCC’s anti-video piracy cell flagged day-one leaks of ‘#Single’ and ‘HIT: The Third Case’ in June.
- Police said the racket sourced films via in-theatre cam-recordings and hacks of digital distribution systems to obtain HD copies.
- The network allegedly used encrypted Telegram channels, foreign virtual servers and cryptocurrency, with traffic promoted by online gaming and betting sponsors.
- Raids yielded laptops, hard drives, phones and other devices, and cases were filed under the IT Act, Copyright Act and the Cinematograph Act.
- Officials briefed leading Telugu industry figures on safeguards as the probe, supported by I4C, continues to target remaining infrastructure and actors across multiple film industries.