Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar lodged a police complaint at the Mumbai Crime Branch over his name, photo and voice being used in fake advertisements on the internet to dupe people. A case has been registered by the Mumbai Police Cyber Cell against unidentified people under sections 426, 465, and 500 of the IPC.
Mumbai Police had registered an FIR yesterday against unidentified persons for using legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's name, photo and voice for the promotion of medicinal products without his permission, an official said on Friday.
One of Tendulkar's aides filed a complaint with the West Region Cyber Police Station in this regard on Thursday, he said.
The complainant said that he came across online advertisements of a drug company that claimed that the master batter endorsed its product line.
He also found a website, sachinhealth.in, which promoted these products using Tendulkar's photo.
Screen grab from website |
Screen grab from website |
As Tendulkar had never given permission to the company to use his name and photographs and it was leading to maligning of his image, he instructed his aide to take legal action, the complaint said.
A First Information Report was registered against unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery) and 500 (defamation) besides the Information Technology Act, the official said, adding that further investigation was on.
