Mumbai, Feb 21: Actor Vidya Balan had lodged an FIR against an unknown person with Mumbai Police for creating a fake Instagram account in her name and asking for money from people.

According to Mumbai police, an unknown person who created an identical Instagram ID asked people for money by assuring them of jobs.

Khar Police has registered an FIR under Section 66 (C) of IT.

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan lodged an FIR against an unknown person for creating a fake Instagram account in her name and asking for money from people. An unknown person who created an identical Instagram ID asked people for money by assuring them of jobs. Khar Police has…

— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2024

Vidya Balan has many followers online and she keeps creating videos and reels that are loved by her fans. This issue has created a serious problem for her as someone is misusing her name and asking for money from people.

A police officer said that an unknown person created an identical Instagram ID of Vidya Balan and also created a Gmail account and then using those accounts, he started contacting people associated with Bollywood.

Police further said that he was asking people for money by assuring them of jobs.

When Vidya Balan came to know about this, she complained to Mumbai Police. Based on Balan's complaint, Khar Police registered an FIR against an unknown person under Section 66 (C) of IT and an investigation has started.

She has earlier also mentioned the case in her Instagram stories about how someone was running an account in her name.

(ANI)

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