A 27-year-old Bhojpuri singer-actor has approached the Ghatkopar police against a Dubai-based 'friend' who has been blackmailing him over a video clip of his wife. The police have registered a case and are investigating.

According to the singer-actor, he had met the Dubai man on an app called Holla Live and they hit it off quickly. They would talk about business and each other's professional lives. The man claimed to work with a multinational company in Dubai and said he was looking to invest in fresh talent in India. The singer-actor's wife told mid-day, "My husband has worked on several albums, mostly in Bhojpuri, and this person offered to finance my husband for a new album. This has been my husband's dream for years, and the person offered to give him R10 lakh."