Mumbai Police ask Alia Bhatt to file complaint after pics leak; her team in touch with concerned portal

A day after actor Alia Bhatt slammed a news portal for ‘invasion of privacy’, Mumbai Police has asked her to file a complaint. According to news agency ANI, the actor has told police that her PR team is in touch with the concerned portal.

On Wednesday, ANI tweeted, ‘Mumbai Police has contacted actor Alia Bhatt & asked her to file a complaint in the matter where a photographer clicked her private pictures & these pictures were published on an online portal. The actor has told police that her PR team is in touch with the concerned portal: Police.’

A media portal shared pictures of Alia sitting inside her living room, which was clicked from an adjoining building. Criticising the incident, Alia expressed shock on Instagram and tagged police.

She had written, ‘Are you kidding me? I was at my house having a perfectly normal afternoon sitting in my living room when I felt something watching me... I looked up and saw two men on the terrace of my neighbouring building with a camera right at me! In what world is this okay and allowed? This is a gross invasion of someone's privacy! There's a line you just cannot cross and it's safe to say all lines were crossed today!’

Following her post, several actors questioned celebrities' right to privacy. Alia's mother, actor Soni Razdan added, ‘Shocked and dismayed at this blatant disregard for a person's privacy. Are we really turning into 'that country' now? Where all our cultural norms simply cease to exist when it comes to 'getting the picture'? Hope someone can address this and fast!’

Alia's sister, author Shaheen wrote, ‘So it's totally cool to point zoom lenses into people's homes while hiding in neighbouring buildings for "content" now? Grown men. With cameras. Hiding across the road. Taking surreptitious photos of an UNAWARE woman. Without her CONSENT. In her HOME.’

Janhvi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor and Anushka Sharma were among others who came out in support of Alia.

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