Hyderabad: The cyber crime police of Hyderabad on Monday arrested the alleged mastermind of a large-scale piracy network that ran more than 65 mirror websites and is said to have caused massive losses to the Telugu film industry.

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.

The arrest follows a comprehensive investigation into the piracy of several newly released Telugu films, including ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ and ‘Mirai’, which were illegally uploaded on a network and its associated extension websites, the release said.

The Anti-Video Piracy Cell of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce (TFCC) had earlier........

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