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Three Censor Board employees arrested in ‘Premam’ piracy case

Earlier, the anti piracy cell of the state police had found that the pirated copy of the movie uploaded on the internet had carried the water mark censor copy.

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Written by: Shaju Philip
1 min readThiruvananthapuramJul 27, 2015 11:55 AM IST First published on: Jul 27, 2015 at 11:48 AM IST
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Three temporary employees at the regional office of the Censor Board were arrested in connection with the piracy of recent Malayalam blockbuster movie ‘Premam’.

Earlier, the anti piracy cell of the state police had found that the pirated copy of the movie uploaded on the internet had carried the water mark censor copy. This made the police suspect the involvement of staff at the Censor Board. Police had raided the censor board office and found that a section of staff used to take out copies of films submitted for censoring.

The arrested are Arun Kumar, Nidhin and Kumaran.

Shaju Philip is a Senior Assistant Editor at The Indian Express Read More

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