Tamannaah Bhatia: Maharashtra Cyber Cell has summoned Bollywood actress Tamannaah Bhatia for questioning in the matter of causing loss worth crores to Viacom by illegally telecasting the 2023 IPL on FairPlay. Sources said that Tamannaah Bhatia has been asked to come to Maharashtra Cyber Cell on 29th of 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 outside Mumbai and that is why he cannot be present for questioning on Tuesday.
Why has summons been 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 to further investigate this matter. Sources said that Tamannaah Bhatia had promoted Fairplay, that is why she has been called for questioning as a witness. Cyber police want to understand from Bhatia that who contacted him to promote Fair Play, how did he do it and how much money did he get for it and how was it given.
Whereas Viacom had claimed in its complaint that Fairplay screened Tata IPL (Indian Premier League) 2023 illegally and due to this they suffered a loss of Rs 100 crore. Let us tell you that in this case the cyber cell has so far arrested rapper Badshah. Statement has been recorded.
Money came from different countries!
During the investigation of this case, the police came to know that Fairplay gave money to the artists from the accounts of different companies. Sanjay Dutt received money from the account of a company named Play Venture, which is a company based in Curacao. While Badshah got money from the account of Lycos Group FZF Company, this company is based in Dubai, while Jacqueline Fernandes got money from the account of a company named Trim General Trading LLC, this company is based in Dubai.
Crores of rupees are also going to Pakistan every month!
Apart from FairPlay, Maharashtra Cyber has also named an application named Pikashow as an accused in the same FIR. When the information about this application was collected, it was found that the money that this application is getting from Google Adsense is going to Pakistan. Sources said that according to the information received from Google, pirated copies of all new films and web series are available on the application named Pikashow and the advertisements on this application through Google are in the name of a person named Rasid and Junaid. Go to the account and this bank account is in a bank located in a city named “Rahim Yar Khan” of Pakistan.
According to the police investigation, considering the amount of traffic that application receives, then Rs 5-6 crore per month goes into the bank accounts of the accused in Pakistan. Cyber police is now investigating all these applications and their illegal way of earning money and using it.