No piracy here: 6 people arrested for making pirated CDs of Marathi film 'Sairat'

Police on Thursday arrested six persons for making pirated copies of the Marathi film "Sairat" and seized 23 CDs, in raids conducted at seven places here. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) sleuths seized three computers along with 6000 blank CDs during the operation.

Material used for making pirated copies was also recovered, police said. Surendra Ghosalkar (34), Hashim Khan (21), Shabaaz Khan (22), Mustaq Khan (23), Ibnesh Shah (34) and Abdul Shah alias Bablu (22) were arrested for allegedly making the pirated CDs of the superhit movie.

The accused are booked under relevant sections of IPC (Indian Penal Code) and Information Technology Act. National award-winning filmmaker and "Sairat" director Nagraj Manjule had yesterday alleged that a copy of the film had been leaked and is being circulated through pirated CDs and other media. In a similar operation, police yesterday arrested Kasim Shaikh for selling pirated copy of the film under Swargate police station limits in Pune.