This story is from August 9, 2020

Mumbai: Police file FIR over six fake Insta pages

The daughter of an army officer made headlines when she passed the exam in her first attempt.Aishwarya had participated in several fashion shows.
Mumbai: Police file FIR over six fake Insta pages
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MUMBAI: Miss India 2016 finalist Aishwarya Sheoran, who had passed UPSC exams securing 93rd rank, lodged an identity theft complaint with Colaba police, alleging that fake accounts were created in her name on Instagram and her photos were used.
The daughter of an army officer made headlines when she passed the exam in her first attempt. Aishwarya had participated in several fashion shows.
Police said an FIR was lodged on August 6.
"Someone created half a dozen fake accounts of her on the social media site. They created fake accounts and uploaded her photos. We are probing the case," said an officer. She learned on August 5 that there were several accounts in her name though she does not have any account. A complaint was lodged under Information Technology Act on August 6.
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Mateen Hafeez

Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.

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