Bachchan's son-in-law files complaint of hacked e-mail account

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 01 2013 | 10:35 PM IST
Amitabh Bachchan's son-in-law and business tycoon Nikhil Nanda today lodged a police complaint about his email account has been hacked.
According to the police, Nanda in his complaint with the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has said that after hacking his email account, the hacker sent several mails to his friends demanding a favour of lakh of pounds from them.
"After hacking the account, the hacker had sent emails to his friends saying that Nanda is in Manchester in United Kingdom where his niece has been admitted in a hospital in a critical condition and is in need of money," said a senior police officer.
"Demanding a few lakh pounds to be credited in a specific account, the mail further says that he (Nanda) will return the money after returning from there," the officer said.
Nanda, the Joint Managing Director of Escorts Group, came to know about the incident on July 22 when his friends called him and asked about the mails.
"During investigation, we have learned that Nanda's Facebook account was also hacked where the hacker has pasted several nude photographs," the officer said.
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First Published: Aug 01 2013 | 10:35 PM IST

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