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Sunday, Mar 27, 2005

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Producers thank Chief Minister for curbing video piracy

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, MARCH 26. The Tamil film Producers Council has thanked the Chief Minister and the city Police Commissioner for the prompt action taken for curbing video piracy in the State, as also detaining the offenders under the Goondas Act.

Reacting to a spate of search operations by the police that led to the arrest of three persons allegedly involved in the production and sale of pirated video CDs of latest Tamil movies such as `Thiruppachi', `Ji' and `Devadaiyai Kandein', the Producers Council president, Sathyajothi Thyagarajan, said they were thankful for the administration's untiring work to curb video piracy and thus saving the film industry.

Three persons, Jagadeesan, Ilangovan and P. Ramakrishnan, were arrested and 13,434 pirated video CDs worth about Rs. 27,900 lakhs were allegedly seized from them. They were detained under the Goondas Act.

The Chennai City Film Exhibitors' Association has also thanked the administration for the steps to curb "the menace of video piracy and arresting the culprits". A release from the Association secretary, Abirami Ramanathan, said the police led by Commissioner R. Nataraj had not let down their guard and had remained vigilant.

The release requested the public to inform the police whenever they came across any pirated CDs.

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