Over 3,000 pirated DVDs including that of Shah Rukh Khan`s latest release `My Name Is Khan` has been seized by the police in a raid.
Former Mumbai cop AA Khan, who was instrumental in the raid that took place with the help of the social service branch of Mumbai police, said the pirated discs were worth Rs 4 lakh.
One person, Shehnaz Nasir Khan (35), has been arrested and booked under the relevant sections of the Copyright Act of 1957.
The raid was conducted at Behram Baug, in a godown in suburban Bandra last evening and over 1000 blank DVDs, 21 DVD writers, one colour Xerox machine and 1000 CD covers were seized from the location, said Khan.
The pirated CDs and DVDs included `My Name is Khan` which had released on February 12.
DVDs of `Striker`, `The Wolfman` and `Law Abiding Citizen` were also seized.
Khan said it has been noticed that major chunk of piracy happens before or during a big release.
"Considering the big release this time was `My Name Is Khan`, pirates attempting to copy or distribute this movie specially were on our radar for this week and the coming weeks that the movie would be running," he said.
"Piracy of the recently released `Striker` is also on our list of probables," he added.
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