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Rapper Badshah confessed paying Rs 75 lakhs to get fake views on videos, claim Mumbai Police
Badshah
Crime Branch of Mumbai Police claimed that Bollywood rapper Badshah aka Aditya Pratik Singh Sisodia reportedly confessed paying Rs 75 lakhs for increasing the viewership of his song Pagal Hai.
Two days ago, Crime Branch summoned the rapper for questioning after Bollywood singer Bhumi Trivedi found a fake profile of hers on social media.
However, Badshah refuted all claims by giving an official statement. He said, Following the summons, I have spoken to the Mumbai Police. I have aided the officials in their investigation by cooperating and carrying out the due diligence on my part. I’ve categorically denied all the allegations levelled against me and made it clear that I was never involved in such practices, nor do I condone them. The investigation procedure is being executed in accordance with the law and I have complete faith in the authorities, who are handling this matter. I’d like to thank all those who have conveyed their concern to me. It means a lot to me.
The rapper had previously claimed that his song had garnered 7.5 crore views in a day, making a world record. However, Google denied the claim.
The case is about a leading social media influencer marketing company called Chtrbox, which was accused of leaking private data of almost 49 million Instagram users in 2019.
The company, in one of its popular tools Boombox, included names such as Virat Kohli, Priyanka Chopra and Badshah as its clients.
According to sources in Crime Branch, many of the celebrity profiles mentioned in the company’s client list are fake. Chtrbox CEO, Pranay Swarup, in his statement to the crime branch, reportedly confessed that he has a monthly earning of rupees nine crore with 30,000 clientele.
Monitor Lizard (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
In the most unbelievable incident ever, four men were arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). The reserve is spread over four districts of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
The gruesome incident took place at Gothane village in Ratnagiri district on March 31 when the four accused illegally entered Chandoli National Park (part of the reserve). One of the four was also carrying a gun for hunting.
The Maharashtra Forest Department checked the mobile phone of one of the accused and that’s when he learnt about the incident. The officials found the recording of the act, which showed the accused allegedly gang-raping the monitor lizard.
A forest official said the four accused were identified as Sandeep Tukaram Pawar, Mangesh Kamtekar, Akshay Kamtekar and Ramesh Ghag.
The official said, “During the investigation, the forest officials found that the accused had allegedly raped a Bengal monitor lizard. Their act was also recorded in a mobile phone of one of the accused persons. We have recovered all the related evidence from the accused and they were granted forest department custody initially, but are out on bail now. They have been asked to mark their presence before the forest officer, who is probing the case, every Monday.”
“The four accused have been booked under various sections of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972,” said field director of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), Nanasaheb Ladkat.
Crime
ED attaches Sanjay Raut’s properties in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case; Raut tweets ‘Asatyamev Jayate’
Sanjay Raut
Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attached Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut’s property in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case. The ED, in February, had also arrested his close friend Pravin Raut.
The ED attached Raut’s plot in Alibaug and one flat in Mumbai’s Dadar area.
After ED attached Raut’s properties, the latter tweeted, “Asatyamev Jayate (the lies win)”
The attachment is linked to a money laundering probe linked to an alleged scam related to the re-development of a chawl in Mumbai.
More details are awaited.
Anil Deshmukh
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