Fake Followers Racket: Mumbai Police Summons Badshah For Discrepancies In Earlier Statements
Bollywood rapper Badshah has been making the headline in the fake followers' racket on social media. He has been summoned by the Mumbai Police four times
Bollywood
rapper
Badshah
has
been
making
the
headline
in
the
fake
followers'
racket
on
social
media.
Last
month,
Mumbai
police
reportedly
discovered
that
he
has
bought
fake
views
for
his
popular
song
'Pagal
Hai'.
He
had
reportedly
played
Rs
72
lakh
for
7.2
crore
fake
views
to
set
a
new
record
for
most
YouTube
views.
It
has
now
been
reported
that
Badshah
has
been
summoned
by
the
Mumbai
Crime
Branch
once
again,
after
finding
discrepancies
in
his
earlier
recorded
statement.
ANI's
tweet
on
the
case
read,
"Social
media
fake
followers
racket
case:
Criminal
Intelligence
Unit,
Mumbai
summons
rapper
Badshah,
asking
him
to
appear
before
them
on
20th
August."
The
Rapper
Is
Reportedly
Not
Cooperating
With
Mumbai
Police
According
to
Zee
News,
the
rapper
is
not
cooperating
with
Mumbai
police.
He
was
called
to
record
his
statement
on
Tuesday
for
the
fourth
time,
but
the
singer
failed
to
appear
before
Mumbai
Police
Crime
Branch.
Badshah
is
now
expected
to
answer
nearly
238
questions
on
August
20
at
11.30
am.
He
Reportedly
Confessed
Of
To
Buying
Fake
Views
For
His
Song
Pagal
Hai
On
August
10,
he
had
released
a
statement
denying
all
the
allegations.
In
the
statement,
he
claimed
to
have
never
been
involved
in
such
practices
and
is
cooperating
with
Mumbai
police.
He
had
also
claimed
that
'Pagal
Hai' garnered
7.5
crore
views
in
a
day,
making
a
world
record
which
was
later
denied
by
Google.
Mumbai
Police
Many
Also
Call
Other
Celebrities
In
The
Case
While
Badshah
is
the
first
celebrity
to
be
summoned
in
the
fake
followers
racket,
several
Bollywood
celebrities,
sports
personalities
and
some
high-profile
builders
allegedly
are
considered
to
be
guilty
of
buying
followers,
said
police
reports.
Other
names
that
came
up
in
news
reports
include
actresses
Deepika
Padukone
and
Priyanka
Chopra.