INDIAN POLICE SAY MORE FILM CELEBS BEING TARGETED BY
INDIAN POLICE SAY MORE FILM CELEBS BEING TARGETED BY “MAFIA”
Top Indian film producers and movie stars are increasingly being targeted for
extortion by underworld gangs, although police have been frustrated over the
refusal of the film personalities to lodge formal complaints, the Times of India
reported today (Monday). “Many actors and actresses submit to the demands of the
extortionists,” one unnamed police officer told the newspaper. “In some cases,
they have given money to gangsters even after being provided with police
protection.” Another source said that the gangs are in some cases demanding
overseas distribution rights. “If producers are reluctant to part with overseas
rights, they have to face the gun,” the sources said.