Vijay Devarakonda files complaint against impostor

MUMBAI: Arjun Reddy star Vijay Devarakonda’s manager on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Hyderabad cyber crime police stating that an unknown person pretending to be the actor on Facebook and WhatsApp was asking women for sexual favours.

According to the police, the impersonator created an FB account under Vijay Devarakonda’s name and started chatting with fans of the actor.

When some female fans sought a meeting with the actor, the accused gave out the number of a dubbing artiste who they would have to meet first before meeting Devarakonda.

KVM Prasad, Hyderabad Cyber Crimes ACP said that, On the pretext of giving out the number of Devarakonda’s dubbing artiste, the impersonator gave his own phone number to victims. Then he would ask for sexual favours in order to facilitate a meeting with the actor.

He added that a case under 66A has been filed against the unknown offender.

When some of the fans alerted Vijay Devarakonda, he lodged a complaint through his manager.