India, June 30 -- New Delhi Three students preparing for competitive exams have been arrested for illegally extracting study material from a popular educational Youtube channel and selling them on social media, the Delhi Police said on Tuesday.

According to the police, the trio purchased a bot and used it to illegally extract paid videos from the channel and sell it.

The accused -- a graduate, aged 21; a polytechnic diploma holder, aged 23, and a B.Tech graduate, aged 28 -- were arrested on Monday, following a complaint from a coaching centre director having a popular Youtube channel with over 400,000 subscribers who pay for UPSC and other competitive exam videos, said officials.

Deputy commissioner of police (north) Raja Banthia said ...