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Hyderabad: The police has arrested a cable
operator and three of his assistants for
allegedly broadcasting Indian TV channels
illegally in foreign countries. The accused
Kashif Ali Khan and S. Ahuja, who is now
absconding, downloaded several channels using
the dishes of DTH providers, and broadcasted
them to foreign countries via the Internet.
Police said they had a large number of
customers in Australia, US, UK and Saudi
Arabia, Dubai and other countries. The men
earned more than a crore illegally in this way.
DCP Pala Raju said the fraudsters designed set
top boxes and used the Internet to transmit
downloaded programmes.
"They sold these set top boxes for 200 to 300
US dollars to customers in foreign countries.
They downloaded more than 100 Indian
channels using cable connections and DTH and
transmitted them to the set top boxes sold in
other countries," he said.
The police suspect that a powerful mafia is
behind the operation.
operator and three of his assistants for
allegedly broadcasting Indian TV channels
illegally in foreign countries. The accused
Kashif Ali Khan and S. Ahuja, who is now
absconding, downloaded several channels using
the dishes of DTH providers, and broadcasted
them to foreign countries via the Internet.
Police said they had a large number of
customers in Australia, US, UK and Saudi
Arabia, Dubai and other countries. The men
earned more than a crore illegally in this way.
DCP Pala Raju said the fraudsters designed set
top boxes and used the Internet to transmit
downloaded programmes.
"They sold these set top boxes for 200 to 300
US dollars to customers in foreign countries.
They downloaded more than 100 Indian
channels using cable connections and DTH and
transmitted them to the set top boxes sold in
other countries," he said.
The police suspect that a powerful mafia is
behind the operation.
