Kendrapada MP and actor Anubhav Mohanty has lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime and Economic Offences police station here alleging that a person created his fake Instagram account and sought donation and some of his fans have fallen prey to the fake account.

According to reports, the accused posted a photo of a girl child claiming that she is suffering from eye cancer and sought donation for her treatment. The post also contained a bank account number for donation.

“It is a matter of grave concern that a fake account on my name has been opened on Instagram which has some 194K followers and has been asking for donations. The fake account has also blocked my own account so that I cannot see any nefarious activities,” Mohanty mentioned in the complaint.

“Such fake accounts are on Facebook too. I request you to take strict action against the wrong doers and block the account immediately so that fake donation campaigns no longer run. I also request to take some exemplary actions against them so that it isn’t repeated or done by anyone else in future,” he added.