Bollywood News: Aftab Shivdasani Duped Of Rs 1.49 Lakh, Mumbai Police Register Case

Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Monday (October 9) registered a case of cyber fraud after Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani was allegedly duped of Rs 1.49 lakh. The complaint was registered at Mumbai’s Bandra police station. As per ANI, Aftab became a victim of cyber fraud and lost the money after he received a text message in which he was asked to update his Know Your Customer (KYC) details linked to a leading private sector bank. 

The 45-year-old actor mentioned in his police complaint that an alleged message came from the bank in which he was asked to update his PAN card. When he clicked the link of the message, a fake page of the bank opened. At that time, the cyber fraudster called Aftab from an unknown number and asked him to enter his mobile number and PIN. As soon as he entered the PIN, Rs 1,49,999 was deducted from Aftab’s account.

The incident took place on Sunday and a case in this connection was registered the next day, an official of Bandra police station said. The Bandra Police registered a case against an unknown person under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act. An investigation has been launched into the matter. 

Aftab Shivdasani has acted in several films like ‘Masti’, ‘Grand Masti’, ‘Hungama’, ‘Awara Paagal Deewana’, and ‘1920: Evil Returns’ among others. Aftab was last seen in the action-thriller series ‘Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story’, which premiered on Disney+Hotstar in 2021. Currently, he has been keeping himself busy with his production house Mount Zen Media, which he started with his wife Nin Dusanj Shivdasani.

Recently, actor Jackie Shroff’s wife and film producer Ayesha Shroff filed a cheating case after being duped of Rs 58 lakh.

Last year, a man was arrested for cheating actor Annu Kapoor of Rs 4 lakh under the pretext of updating his bank KYC details.