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Fake social media followers scam: Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone likely to be questioned by Mumbai Police
Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra Jonas likely to be questioned on Fake social media followers scam. Apart from that, there are eight other top Bollywood personalities.
Updated : Jul 22, 2020, 02:58 PM IST | Edited by : Aishwarya Vasudevan
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Now after Mumbai Police started tracking down social media pages of high-profile personalities concerning fake and paid followers, they are likely to question celebrities on the same. As per the latest reports, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Deepika Padukone are among the eight other top Bollywood personalities who are likely to be interrogated by the Mumbai Police. The high-profile people also include builders and sportspersons along with Bollywood celebs.
Earlier talking about the rack, Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Vinay Kumar Chaubey had said in a statement, "We have investigated and found as many as 54 firms involved in this racket. SIT comprising Crime Branch along with Cyber Cell has been formed which will help in investigating this case."
This is the first case of its kind in the country.
We had stated before that Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai Police arrested a man named Abhishek Dinesh Daude in connection with creating fake profiles on social media. A foreign social media marketing company www.followerskart.com where Daude claimed to work is now on police radar.
A few days ago, singer Bhumi Trivedi lodged a complained to the police after she found about a fake profile created in her name. The imposter created a fake Instagram page of the singer and chatted with people. Moreover, the fraudster also kept the screenshot of the chats and showed it to people to increase followers.
Reports have it, Mumbai Police found that as many as 176 high-profile people, including some Bollywood celebrities and sportspersons, allegedly paid money to get followers.
