Mumbai: Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor Khan has filed a complaint with the cyber cell of the Mumbai police alleging that the online account used for filing her income tax (I-T) returns has been hacked. Sources in the cyber cell said that the complaint was filed on Friday, and revealed that the hacker had even paid Kapoor’s quarterly I-T tax amount.
"Kapoor's chartered accountant approached us alleging that the account his client used for filing her income returns was hacked. He said that he realised the same after he failed to access the account,” said a source in the cyber police station.
The source added that the hacker might have gained knowledge of the actor’s PAN number and used the same thereafter to hack into her account, which can be accessed through the income tax department’s website. "The hacker has also changed the password of her e-filing account," the source said.
According to the cyber police, hacking into a person's income tax returns account is a serious crime. "The hacker can now access her PAN number, the amount of tax paid over the years and also file a statement regarding her income and falsely inflate it, forcing her to pay more taxes," the source said. He added that they had secured the account immediately and were on the lookout for the culprit. The cyber cell has registered an FIR and started its investigations.
(This story originally appeared in The Asian Age)
