MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Cyber Cell has summoned Bollywood actress Tamannaah Bhatia on Apr 29 in a case related to the illegal broadcast of the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches on the betting Fairplay app—a subsidiary of Mahadev online gaming and betting application.
The case was filed in Sep 2023 against Fairplay platform for streaming the IPL matches illegally on their platform, leading to over Rs 100 crore loss for Viacom18. A cyber police officer said in Dec 2023 they had arrested an employee of the betting app.
An officer from the Maharashtra Cyber Cell confirmed TOI on Thursday that they have summoned the actress to record her statement in the case. "Bhatia was summoned after we found enough details during the probe that she had promoted the Fairplay app."
"Her name popped up in the case along with other celebrities—actors Sanjay Dutt, Jacqueline Fernandez, and singer Badshah—who too were involved in the promotion of the app." "They too have been summoned and their statements will be recorded before deciding the course of action," said the officer.
The officer said all these actors and singers had promoted the Fairplay app to watch IPL despite the app not having official broadcasting rights. Viacom18, which possesses the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for streaming IPL matches, filed the complaint that a betting app was streaming the IPL matches illegally on their platform.
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