How Akshay is giving financial support to families of martyrs - Page 3

Shreya Naik, 19, is a second year BMS student in a suburban college in Andheri. She enrolled in WSDC along with her sister after her mother learnt about it. What Shreya, who had just moved out of the basic level to intermediate level, didn't know is that she will soon be putting all that she's learnt at the centre to test. Last week at around 6.30 pm, Shreya was walking back from her work place where she's interning as part of the project for college. While walking through a particularly deserted lane in Andheri, she saw a young man in a waiter's uniform leering at her.

Shreya says, "He suddenly came close and pounced on me. I started hitting him with one hand and with the other hand I was trying to call my mother to come down, as my house was just about 30 seconds away. He tried snatching my phone away as he didn't want me to alert anyone. I caught his hair and gave him a 'hammer', a style of attack taught to me at the centre. He started pleading with me to let go, saying 'Bas haath hi lagaya, aur kya kia...'. I caught hold of his collar and started dragging him towards the main road. He was trying hard to get away but I held on to his collar. Later, some people helped me and one person called the police. Within 10-15 minutes the police arrived and he was arrested."

Confirming the story, Nalawde, the senior PI of D N Nagar police station said, "Yes, we have registered the FIR. This boy works in a nearby restaurant. The girl complained of molestation and we arrested him right then. He will be presented in front of the magistrate shortly. We are in constant touch with the girl's father, so she has nothing to worry about."

Shreya says she owes it to the centre for giving her the kind of confidence that she displayed in tackling with her molester. "I was a really meek girl and would get scared if someone touched me and never had the guts to complain or scream at the person. But in the centre we are taught such techniques for self-defence that it has given me immense self-confidence. I am really grateful to Akshay sir for inspiring us to be able to take care of ourselves. My parents didn't want to me to lodge a police complaint because they were worried about me, but I did and I am speaking about it so that every woman learns to take care of herself by learning self-defence, " she says.

Source close to the star said that he is really impressed with the girl and he plans to felicitate her soon after he comes back from London, where he's shooting.

It appeared that he was watching the trailer of the latest blockbuster Grand Masti. Five minutes later, I realised that it was not a trailer, but the entire film that he had downloaded on his phone.

I nudged him gently and with great reluctance, he looked at me. I gestured that I wanted to talk to him.

After talking to him and that boy, I could piece together a story of how money is flowing into the coffers of the terror networks and how they are minting money through Bollywood films.

Following is a step-by-step process of how the Indian Mujahideen is making billions from Bollywood.

1) Agents copy from master copies: The piracy starts in smaller towns of India and reportedly in some specific areas on the outskirts of Delhi. As soon as the masterprint reaches the movie hall, the owner or an employee of the theatre allows an agent' to copy the film. In some cases, where technology is absent to copy a film from the master copy, they simply play it on the big screen and then shoot it with a video camera. The transfer and the distribution of the films are directly managed and supervised by agents of the Indian Mujahideen.

2) The copies are then digitally mastered: As soon as the first copy is made, the video file is transferred to locations in Pakistan (specifically on the outskirts of Karachi). The agent who had made the copy is paid through hawala. This agent vanishes from the network the moment the video file is found to be in order. The copies are again mastered in Pakistan and digitally revised to make it look better. A separate downloadable format is made for smartphones. Now, the files are ready to be transferred again.

3) The files start reaching certain video sharing sites: There are about 200 private networks and video sharing sites who buy these files from its Pakistani counterparts. These video sharing sites and private networks buy the files and then put it up on their sites for downloads. Now, you need to pay money for the downloads and only members can download these films. Websites who get access to these films need to pay somewhere around Rs 10 lakhs each to get access to these films. Once that money is paid to a particular account, the file is transferred to again. The terrorist organisation now completely moves away from the network.

4) You can now download the film: The whole operation (including money transfers) takes only 48 hours and generally by every Saturday, films are available for individual users. Some websites and networks offer the download for free and earn their money by including advertisements from po*n sites. There are others who charge a nominal fee for these downloads, which usually ranges between Rs 100 to 200 INR.

5) How Asian NRIs patronise the Indian Mujahideen: I am sure there are millions who download the film in India, but a majority of the patrons' who fund the Indian Mujahideen are downloading the films abroad. Most of these Bollywood fans don't have access to a Bollywood film in a theatre and they don't want to wait till they can get a legal DVD of the film. Just ask around and you will realise that downloading latest Bollywood releases is an established practice for people living abroad.