Vidya Balan.
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Mumbai police have registered a case after Bollywood actor Vidya Balan complained that somebody was impersonating her utilizing a pretend Instagram account and e mail id and dishonest folks from the movie business, an official mentioned on Wednesday.
According to the primary data report (FIR) registered on the Khar police station on Monday, the crime got here to gentle on January 16 when a stylist related to motion pictures acquired a WhatsApp message from an unidentified quantity. The message claimed that the sender was Vidya Balan who wished to talk about work with him.
Since the stylist had the actor’s contact particulars, he suspected one thing was not proper in regards to the message from an unknown quantity. He then knowledgeable Vidya Balan in regards to the message, the official mentioned. The actor advised the stylist that she had not despatched him any message and that the quantity didn’t belong to her.
Between January 17 and 19, the actor learnt that somebody had created a pretend Instagram profile and a bogus e mail id claiming that it belonged to her and unidentified individuals have been utilizing them to contact folks from the movie business and others to “discuss work”, the official mentioned.
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Alarmed by the try to cheat others utilizing her title, the actor requested her supervisor to method the Khar police station. Accordingly, a written grievance was submitted on January 20, mentioned the FIR.
On Monday (February 19), the actor additionally lodged a grievance, ensuing within the FIR for id theft underneath Section 66 (c) of the IT Act, mentioned the official, including {that a} probe was underway.