Overview
- Tamil Nadu’s Cyber Crime Wing, which announced the arrests Sunday, also moved to block more than 300 links hosting pirated copies.
- The accused were produced in court and sent to judicial custody after teams seized digital evidence and traced uploads to shared drives.
- Police opened the case after KVN Productions filed a complaint naming 21 people and asking for device seizures and swift takedowns.
- Investigators invoked the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the IT Act, the Copyright Act, and the Cinematograph Act and warned users they could face prosecution for sharing clips.
- The CBFC and the government’s press bureau rejected claims the leak came from the board, noting the encrypted digital print and access key stay with the producer.