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Tamannaah Bhatia Requests Extension After Maharashtra Cyber Cell Summons in Illegal IPL Streaming Case: Report

In response to the Maharashtra Cyber Cell summons regarding the unlawful IPL match streaming issue, actor Tamannaah Bhatia has responded. While the actress has not yet released a statement to the media, she has asked the Cyber Cell to provide a later appearance date. On April 29, Tamannaah was scheduled to testify as a witness. Last week, the Maharashtra Cyber Cell invited Sanjay Dutt to make an appearance as well. However, because of his filming commitments, he too sought a later time. “Tamannaah Bhatia has informed the cyber team that she is not in Mumbai and could appear again at a later date,” sources said. Cyber Cell still hasn’t disclosed the revised date.

Tamannaah’s name was in the news last week due to an unlawful IPL match streaming issue. The illegal streaming of the 2023 Indian Premier League on the Fairplay App, which cost Viacom millions of rupees, has prompted Maharashtra Cyber to summon actor Tamannaah Bhatia to appear in court. Last Monday, she posted on X that she had been called to appear before Maharashtra Cyber on April 29. Tamannaah is said to have supported and advertised FairPlay’s Mahadev betting app, a subsidiary app.

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Additionally, it was stated that around 20 influencers who had supported the FairPlay app on several platforms would probably be called very shortly to provide comments. Despite having the intellectual property rights (IPR) to broadcast the games, Viacom18 complained to Fair Play, the provider of betting apps, about streaming the IPL matches. As a result, a FIR was reportedly filed. Viacom18 lost more than Rs 100 crore due to illicit streaming. September 2023 saw the registration of the FIR. After the initial information report was filed, several celebrities were called in for questioning, including Tamannaah, Sanjay Dutt, Badshah, and Jacqueline Fernandez. In December 2023, one of the betting app’s employees was arrested.