DE Entertainment Desk:
Tamannaah Bhatia’s name has popped up in the illegal IPL matches streaming case. Sources claim the actress has been summoned as a witness by the Maharashtra Cyber Cell for questioning concerning the case. The actress has been asked to appear for questioning on April 29. It is also reported that Sanjay Dutt’s name also emerged in connection with the case. He was asked to appear for questioning earlier this week. However, due to his schedule, he couldn’t appear due to his schedule and asked for a new date.
“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.
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Tamannaah and Sanjay allegedly promoted and endorsed FairPlay’s subsidiary app of the Mahadev betting app.
Reportedly, more than 20 influencers who had also endorsed the FairPlay app on different platforms are also likely to be summoned soon to record their statements.