The name Tamannaah Bhatia has surfaced in relation to the illegal streaming of IPL matches. According to sources, the Maharashtra Cyber Cell has called the actress as a witness so they may question her about the issue. On April 29, the actress is scheduled to appear for questioning. Sanjay Dutts name reportedly surfaced in relation to the case as well. Earlier this week, he was summoned to appear for interrogation. He requested a new date because he was unable to attend due to his schedule.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.Actor Sanjay Dutt was also… pic.twitter.com/3Y4TvPHayh— ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2024Summoned by Maharashtra CyberActor Tamannaah Bhatia has been summoned by Maharashtra Cyber to appear in court regarding the illicit streaming of the 2023 Indian Premier League on the Fairplay App, which resulted in Viacom losing millions of rupees. On April 29, she was requested to appear before Maharashtra Cyber, according to an ANI tweet on X. On April 23, actor Sanjay Dutt was also called in relation to this, but he did not show up. Instead, they stated, He had requested a time and date for recording his statement and had stated that he was not in India on the specified date.More influencers involvedIt is alleged that Tamannaah and Sanjay promoted and advertised FairPlays subsidiary app, the Mahadev betting app. More than 20 influencers who have reportedly supported the FairPlay app on other platforms are also expected to be called upon shortly to record statements. According to media reports, in September 2023, Viacom18 filed a formal complaint alleging that they were the rightful owners of the intellectual property rights (IPR) to stream Indian Premier League games. In spite of this, the matches were being illegally streamed on the Fair Play network by the betting app. Viacom18 suffered a loss of nearly Rs 100 crore as a result. Many celebrities, including Tamannaah, Sanjay Dutt, Badshah, and Jacqueline Fernandez, were summoned for questioning after the filing of the first information report. An employee of the betting app was taken into custody in December of 2023.
