I have aided the officials in their investigation by cooperating and carrying out the due diligence on my part. 'Following the summons, I have spoken to the Mumbai Police. That is why he paid Rs 72 lakh to this company.'īadshah has denied any wrongdoing on his part. Nandkumar Thakur, Deputy Commissioner of Police, told Mumbai Mirror: ''The singer confessed that he wanted to set a world record for most number of viewers in 24 hours on YouTube. This led to the uncovering of an alleged racket in which celebrities and influencers can buy likes and followers on social media to boost their visibility. The probe began after a complaint from Bhumi Trivedi who chanced upon what looked like a fake profile of herself online.

Badshah denies the allegations.īadshah, born Aaditya Singh, was questioned on Saturday and has been asked to meet the police again this week, news agency PTI reports. Mumbai Mirror quotes police officials as saying that Badshah confessed to having paid Rs 72 lakh for the fake views with the intent of setting a YouTube record and that his other work was also being scrutinised. Badshah, known for his original music as well as remixing old songs, allegedly bought 7.2 crore views for his song Pagal Hai, which he claimed had set a new YouTube record beating Taylor Swift and Korean band BTS - the claim was not backed up by YouTube. The Internet has exploded with memes after Badshah was questioned by Mumbai Police in an investigation into an alleged racket selling fake social media follows and likes. Rapper Badshah is trending on Twitter and not in a good way.

He has been asked to meet the police again this week.

Badshah was questioned by the police on Saturday.

Badshah allegedly bought 7.2 crore views for his song 'Pagal Hai'.

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