This story is from August 8, 2020

Hyderabad: Man makes singer’s fake profile, held

An aspiring singer was arrested by cyber crime sleuths of Cyberabad police on Friday for allegedly creating fake profiles in the name of a popular Tollywood female singer and spreading misinformation.
Hyderabad: Man makes singer’s fake profile, held
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HYDERABAD: An aspiring singer was arrested by cyber crime sleuths of Cyberabad police on Friday for allegedly creating fake profiles in the name of a popular Tollywood female singer and spreading misinformation.
Cyberabad police said they arrested Chaitanya, who had created various fake accounts on social media in the name of a female singer.
After the singer came to know that the accused was claiming to be her manager and spreading other misinformation about her, she approached the police.
Chaitanya created the profiled to trap the singer’s fans, according to the police.
“In addition to this, Chaitanya had organised an event in the name of the singer at Sanapa village in Anantapur district in February. Moreover, he claimed to have carried out several social welfare activities and concerts in her name to increase viewership of his pages on social media and to trap her admirers,” the cyber police said.
The accused was nabbed in Anantapur and brought to Hyderabad. He had come to Hyderabad a while ago with an aim to become a singer. As he was financially weak, he decided to create fake accounts and become popular by uploading his songs.
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