Maharashtra Cyber Cell has called Bollywood actress Tamannaah Bhatia for questioning in connection with the illegal telecast of IPL 2023 on Fairplay causing loss of crores to Viacom. Sources said that Tamannaah Bhatia has been asked to come to Maharashtra Cyber Cell on 29th next week and appear before the investigating officer.
Sanjay Dutt was also called for questioning
In the same case, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was called for questioning on Tuesday but Sanjay Dutt did not reach the cyber cell on Tuesday. However, he asked for more time to record his statement. Sources said that Sanjay Dutt told the cyber cell that he has some planned work for which he is out of Mumbai and hence he will not be able to attend the interrogation on Tuesday.
Why was summons sent to Tamannaah Bhatia?
Let us tell you that Maharashtra Cyber Cell had registered an FIR against FairPlay App on the complaint of Viacom and summons have been sent to interrogate Bhatia for further investigation of the matter. Sources said Tamannaah Bhatia has been called for questioning as a witness as she has promoted fair play. Cyber police want to understand from Bhatia who had contacted him to promote FairPlay, how he did it and how much money he got for it and how it was given.
While Viacom in its complaint claimed that Fairplay showed Tata IPL (Indian Premier League) 2023 illegally and it caused a loss of Rs 100 crore to them and recorded the statement.
Money came from different countries!
During the investigation of the case, the police came to know that Fairplay had given money to the artists from the accounts of different companies. Sanjay Dutt received money from the account of a Curacao-based company called Play Ventures. While Badshah received the money from the account of Lycos Group FZF Company, a company based in Dubai, Jacqueline Fernandes received the money from the account of Trim General Trading LLC, a company based in Dubai.
Crores of rupees every month in Pakistan!
Maharashtra Cyber has also made an app named Pikashow an accused in the same FIR. When information was collected about this app, it was found that the money this app is getting from Google AdSense is going to Pakistan. Sources said that according to the information received from Google, pirated copies of all the new movies and web series are available on the application named Pikashow and the advertisements on this application by Google are in the name of a person named Rasi and Junaid and this bank account is called “Rahim”. Is. It is in a bank located in a city named “Yar Khan” of Pakistan.
According to police investigation, considering the amount of traffic the app receives, Rs 5-6 crore goes into the bank accounts of the accused in Pakistan every month. Cyber police is now investigating all these applications and their illegal earning and usage.