The cyber cell of Maharashtra Police on Monday interrogated rapper Badshah in a case linked with online betting app FairPlay in Mumbai, news agency ANI reported. As per reports, Badshah, alongside 40 other celebrities, was involved in promoting the app.
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Notably, the rapper was called to promote Mahadev app’s auxiliary application FairPlay. Maharashtra police’s cyber cell had registered a case of theft against the app.
FairPlay screened IPL 2023 and a complaint against it was filed by Viacom 18. Thus, a case of digital copyright was registered against the app by Maharashtra Cyber Cell, India TV reported. As per the complaint filed by Viacom, FairPlay had put hoarding across Mumbai to broadcast Tata IPL 2023 without Viacom. Because of this Viacom has suffered a loss of Rs 100 crore.
Police said over 40 Bollywood celebrities have been summoned in the case.
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Besides, the ED is investigating the money laundering operations of the Mahadev Online Book app, which may be to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore.