Mumbai: Twitter users on Wednesday afternoon called out on Arjun Kapoor, labeling him as a “product of nepotism” after reports went viral claiming that late actor Sushant Singh Rajput was the original cast for the movie ‘Half Girlfriend’ alongside Shradha Kapoor but it was later handed to Arjun Kapoor.

Topic ‘Arjun Kapoor’ was top-trending on twitter India on Wednesday afternoon, garnering nearly 11k tweets at 4:30 pm. Another topic ‘Half Girlfriend’ was among the top-five trending topics on the micro-blogging site with nearly 8k views.

The topic took pace after users dig into the account of noted author Chetan Bhagat and found a tweet wherein he had announced Sushant Singh Rajput’s featuring in the movie ‘Half Girlfriend’ based on one of the books written by him. He had also shared a link of Times of India which had covered the story then. The movie however went to Arjun Kapoor as the lead actor.

Irked by this, the twitter army expressed its anger and dissent and added to the outrage surrounding Nepotism in Bollywood which has been the talk of the town ever since Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his Bandra residence on June 14.

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Gurugram (PTI): The Gurugram Cyber Police has arrested three men for allegedly providing calling support to a Chinese fraud syndicate, officials said on Wednesday.

According to the officials, a 20-port physical SIM box and a laptop were seized from them. These arrests come after a woman from Nagaland was held in connection with the same case.

The arrested accused have been identified as Karma (32) from Nagaland, and Lobsang Tsultim (33) and Ngawang Gyaltsen (35), both from Himachal Pradesh. Karma and Tsultim were arrested on February 14. Gyaltsen was intercepted on February 16 near Majnu Ka Tila in Delhi while attempting to flee to Nepal.

Police said the accused, during questioning, revealed that they were using SIM boxes to facilitate fraudulent calls targeting Indian citizens.

Karma and Lobsang Tsultim admitted to installing virtual SIM boxes in Gurugram on the instructions of a Chinese national named Tsega, they said.

These setups, which included 20 mobile phones, were capable of making over 20,000 calls a day. Tsega, allegedly used an application to contact Indian citizens for various crimes, including gaming and investment fraud, they said.

Tsultim and Gyaltsen were born in China and have lived in India as refugees for 15 years. Fluent in Chinese and Taiwanese, they communicated with Tsega via WeChat, a platform banned in India since 2020, they added.

ACP Cyber Priyanshu Dewan said the three accused were produced in court on Wednesday and have been sent to judicial custody.

"We are working to identify others involved in the network," he added.