Kareena Kapoor Khan’s income tax account hacked, returns filed

The cyber police station in BKC has registered a case and a probe is on to identify and trace the accused.

Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor Khan on Friday filed a complaint against an unidentified person for allegedly hacking into her Income Tax account and filing a false return claim.

Police sources said an FIR was registered on behalf of the actor by her chartered accountant Prakash Thakkar. (HT Photo)

The cyber police station in BKC has registered a case and a probe is on to identify and trace the accused.

Police sources said an FIR was registered on behalf of the actor by her chartered accountant Prakash Thakkar. Sources said Thakkar approached the BKC police station on Friday and told them someone used Kareena’s pan card number and password to file her income tax returns on the government website.

The cyber police are in the process of finding out how the imposter got access to these details.

An FIR (CR No. 141/16) has been registered under section 419 (cheating by impersonation) of the Indian Penal Code read with 66 and 66 C of the Information Technology Act which deals with identity theft i.e. use of computer dishonestly, fraudulently and making use of electronic signature, password or any other unique identification feature of any other person.

The Cyber police said they will first find out who and from where the government website was accessed by the imposter. Also, the police sources said they will find out if anyone known to the actress leaked her password and pan number.