Lata Mangeshkar: It pains me that someone is using my name to dupe innocent people

Singer Lata Mangeshkar reacts to news that a woman is extracting money out of people using her name; says she’s extremely saddened.

Singer Lata Mangeshkar woke up to the shocking news on Wednesday that a lady by the name of Revati Khare is allegedly swindling a whole lot of people of their money in Lataji’s name.

Singer Lata Mangeshkar says she is saddened by how low human nature has fallen. (Yogen Shah)

Disappointed by the dimensions of duplicity adopted by some people, Lataji says, “It pains me to know that a person can fall so low to make some quick money. It pains me even more to know that my name was being used to dupe innocent people of their hard-earned money. I can’t begin to tell you how saddened I am by how low human nature has fallen.”

Lataji came to know of the fraudulence only when a friend informed her. “A friend of mine who had been approached by the same lady suspected something was amiss. She rightly surmised that if I was really collecting money for the said charity I’d ask her directly.Why would I approach my friends through someone whom they had never heard of, and never met?”

The Nightingale feels her name can easily be misused as she is not so active in public anymore.

“I want my friends and well-wishers to know that I’d never reach out to them for such a matter.My embarrassment and dismay are multiplied by the fact that the woman pulling this fraud was a married woman with children. What could have prompted her to do something so low?’

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