Actress Tamannaah Bhatia summoned by Maharashtra Cyber Police in an illegal IPL streaming case

Tamannaah Bhatia’s name came up after she allegedly promoted and sponsored FairPlay’s subsidiary app for the Mahadev betting app.

Tamannaah Bhatia’s name has come up in an illegal IPL match streaming case. According to sources, the Maharashtra Cyber Cell has summoned the actress as a witness for questioning in the matter.

The actress has been invited to appear for interrogation on April 29. It is also reported that Sanjay Dutt’s name has surfaced in connection with the case. He was summoned to appear for interrogation earlier this week. However, due to his schedule, he was unable to arrive and requested a new date.

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“Maharashtra Cyber summons actor Tamannaah Bhatia for questioning in connection with the illegal streaming of IPL 2023 on Fairplay App that caused loss of Crores of Rupees to Viacom. She has been asked to appear before Maharashtra Cyber on 29th April,” ANI shared on X.

“Actor Sanjay Dutt was also summoned in this connection on 23rd April but he had not appeared before them. He had, instead, sought a date and time for recording his statement and said that he was not in India on the date,” they added.

Tamannaah and Sanjay are said to have promoted and approved FairPlay’s subsidiary app for the Mahadev betting app.

More than 20 influencers who have previously supported the FairPlay app on various platforms are expected to be summoned soon to record their statements.

According to the Times of India, a FIR was filed in September 2023 after Viacom18 complained about owning the intellectual property rights (IPR) for broadcasting IPL matches.

Despite this, the betting app Fair Play was illegally streaming the matches on its site. Viacom18 suffered a loss of more than Rs 100 crore. Following the FIR, numerous celebrities, including Badshah, Sanjay Dutt, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Tamannaah, were hauled in for interrogation. In December 2023, an employee of the betting app was detained.