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| Police have not disclosed the names of the people involved in this crime |
The Mumbai Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) has confirmed and arrested 25 More people in the cases of selling fake followers on social media. However the police have decided not to disclose the names of people as it might hamper the case.
"Mumbai Police SIT verified 25 people till now. A few of them have recorded their statements as witnesses in this case as of now" Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Nandkumar Thakur of Crime Branch said.
On Wednesday, Mumbai Police had arrested 29 year old Kashif Mansoor in fake social media followers allegedly selling fake followers. Kashif Mansoor is a civil engineer who has completed over 25000 orders till date and sold 2.3 crores fake followers till date.
This news comes after, Singer Bhoomi Trivedi complained about fake followers and accounts being used by her name and after which Mumbai Police started taking actions to find about this ordeal.
Probe Agency has now identified 68 companies selling fake followers and fake social media activities like retweets, comments, number of likes, subscriptions and views.
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