Two of entertainment industry's most closely followed celebs Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone could be questioned by the Mumbai police in relation to the fake social media followers scam. Many high profile personalities, builders and sportsperson are under scanner the racket allegedly involves international companies. Priyanka and Deepika are among the eight other Bollywood bigwigs to be quizzed in connection with the matter. Mumbai's Joint Commissioner of Police Vinay Kumar Chaubey has stated that they have found around 54 firms who have a hand in the fake social media followers scam.
He further added that a team involving the Crime Branch and the Cyber Cell has been formed in order to provide assistance in the investigation of the fake social media followers scam. The news reports also state that a man named Abhishek Dinesh Daude has reportedly been arrested by the Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai Police in relation to making fake social media accounts. The racket surfaced after Bollywood singer Bhumi Trivedi found a fake profile of her name on social media. The person who had created the fake profile on Instagram would chat with people and would then use these screenshots to increase the followers.The probe has revealed that 176 high-profile celebrities paid money to get followers.