MUMBAI:
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the city police busted a books piracy
racket operating from Bandra and arrested two people from the gang and seized
1,561 duplicate books of various internationally renowned writers worth Rs4.75
lakh.
According
to an EOW official, the complainant, Nirajkumar Dahiya, a Noida resident, has
been given power of attorney by the ‘Publishers of Association of UK and USA’
to protect the copyrights of various publications of international publishers.
Dahiya
informed unit-12 of EOW that some people have stored and are selling pirated
copies of some international publications. Following the information, a police
team raided a shanty in a slum and a bookstall at Bandra (East) on Saturday
afternoon. During the raid, the police seized 1,561 pirated books worth Rs 4.75lakh.
The pirated books had titles like The Alchemist, and Diary of A Wimpy Kid.
Source | Hindustan Times | 12 October 2015
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