Actress receives indecent proposal on Facebook from ‘star’

Mumbai, Jul 27: An actress who has worked in a critically acclaimed documentary complained to the Vanrai police on Friday after an unidentified person posing as actor Salman Khan interacted with her on a social networking site and later demanded her nude photographs.

The Vanrai police will be seeking assistance of the cyber crime cell of the Mumbai police to trace the accused.

"The actress noticed a page on Facebook called Being Salman Khan in September. Since several personal photos of Salman were uploaded she believed it was his official page," the actress lawyer, Sushan Kunjuraman, said. The actress sent a message, hoping to interact with Salman. The accused, who had created the webpage, responded a month later.

"The accused posed as Salman and talked about his past relationships and his life. He pretended to be in a lot of pain," the actress told scribes. "There were over 1 lakh likes on the webpage and there was no room for doubt. We used to chat online for a few weeks," she added.

Earlier this month, the actress resumed her conversation with the accused and found something amiss. "He started to use abusive language and demanded that the actress meet him. He also asked for her nude photographs. She realized that he was an imposter and decided to lodge a complaint against him," Kunjuraman said. "We have recorded the complainant's statement and will forward an application to the cyber crime cell. They will trace his Internet Protocol address and probe further," said an official from the Vanrai police.