Tamannaah Bhatia summoned by cyber cell in 'illegal' IPL streaming app case
Apart from Tamannaah Bhatia, actor Sanjay Dutt was also summoned in the same case earlier his week. Rapper Badshah has also been questioned previously.
In Short
- Tamannaah Bhatia summoned by Maharashtra Cyber department on April 29
- Case pertains to illegal broadcast of IPL 2023 on Fairplay app
- Actor Sanjay Dutt was also summoned this week
Actor Tamannaah Bhatia has been summoned by the Maharashtra Cyber department in a case related to the illegal broadcast of the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Fairplay app, a subsidiary of Mahadev online gaming and betting application.
Tamannaah, known for her roles in films like 'Baahubali', has been summoned on April 29.
Earlier, rapper and singer Badshah was questioned in the same case. Actor Sanjay Dutt was also summoned in the case this week on Tuesday, but he has sought time to appear before the department.
All these actors and singers had promoted the Fairplay app to watch IPL even as the app didn't have official broadcasting rights, leading to heavy losses for official broadcasters.
In September last year, an FIR was registered following a complaint by Viacom18, which possesses the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for streaming IPL matches. The complaint mentioned that betting app Fair Play platform was streaming the IPL matches illegally on their platform, leading to over Rs 100 crore loss for Viacom18.
Following the FIR, several stars, including Badshah, Sanjay Dutt, Jacqueline Fernandez, among others, were called in for questioning. In December 2023, an employee of the betting app was arrested.