Bengaluru, Nov 12 (IANS) The Karnataka Police on Wednesday arrested a man from Bihar for allegedly hacking the mobile phones of Kannada actor Upendra and his actress-wife Priyanka Upendra, and siphoning off several lakhs of rupees through a cyber fraud.

The police identified the accused as Vikas Kumar, a resident of Dashrathpur in Bihar, following an investigation initiated at the Sadashivanagar Police Station in Bengaluru.

Police said that the celebrity couple’s phones were hacked on September 15 after Priyanka clicked on a malicious link received on her mobile related to an online purchase.

“The accused subsequently hacked Priyanka’s mobile and sent fraudulent messages to her contacts, falsely claiming she needed Rs 55,000 urgently and requesting the amount be transferred,” an investi

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