Actress Tamannaah Bhatia is currently in the headlines due to IPL 2023. She has been summoned by Maharashtra Cyber Cell in a case related to IPL 2023.
The actress has been asked to appear on April 29. Actor Sanjay Dutt was also summoned in the same case, although he did not turn up to record his statement and demanded a new date. Sanjay Dutt was to appear before the Maharashtra Cyber Cell on April 23.
According to ANI, Maharashtra Cyber Cell summoned Tamannaah Bhatia for questioning regarding illegal streaming of the match on the FairPlay app, which caused loss of crores of rupees to Viacom.
Tamannaah had reportedly promoted this app. The actress has been summoned as a witness and will be interrogated. According to the statement, Tamannaah Bhatia has been asked to appear before the Maharashtra Cyber Cell on April 29.
Sanjay Dutt was also summoned in the same case.
This case of investigation of illegal streaming dates back to September 2023, when Viacom had filed a complaint against the ‘FairPlay’ app accusing them of violating their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
Despite the network having exclusive rights to stream the matches, the ‘FairPlay’ app was reportedly broadcasting it illegally, which reportedly caused the network a loss of over Rs 100 crore.
Following the FIR, several prominent personalities from the entertainment industry including Badshah, Jacqueline Fernandez and Tamannaah Bhatia were questioned. The investigation into illegal streaming took a turning point in December 2023, when an employee of the ‘FairPlay’ app was arrested.
