Maharashtra Cyber Police makes first arrest in illegal IPL broadcast case

Updated On: 15 December, 2023 07:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan

Suspect had provided videos of actors to Fairplay for app promotion

Listen to this article :

Badshah (centre) with Jacqueline Fernandez and Sanjay Dutt in a FairPlay advertisement

The Maharashtra cyber police made its first arrest during the investigation of the illegal broadcast of IPL 2023 on FairPlay. The arrested individual—Gulam Abbas Muni, 51—operates Orange Advertising Company based in the Khar area. The cyber police have now summoned actress Tamannaah Bhatia and have already recorded statements from others including rapper Badshah and the managers of Sanjay Dutt and Jacqueline Fernandez. Muni is accused of providing a video featuring Dutt and Fernandez to ‘Joe Paul’, who works for FairPlay.

Badshah at the cyber police office in October. File Pic/Shadab Khan