Hyderabad: Immadhi Ravi, who was allegedly running film piracy racket from Caribbean islands, has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.

Ravi, who was arrested by Hyderabad police late on Friday, was produced before a magistrate on Saturday night.

The accused, who was allegedly involved in uploading and distributing pirated Telugu and other regional language films and OTT content on piracy websites iBomma and Bappam, was later shifted to Chanchalguda Central Prison.

Ravi, who had thrown an open challenge to the police to arrest him, was picked up from a house in the Kukatpally area of Hyderabad late on Friday.

The accused had fled the country on October 1 after police had registered a case against him. He was reportedly in Amsterdam on October 3 and kept changing IP addresses to e

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