In a subsequent tweet, Matondkar mentioned she has filed a First Information Report (FIR) with Maharashtra Cyber about the account hack, adding girls have to not take “cyber crimes” lightly.
“‘Cyber crimes’ is not something that women should take lightly.. as I went to file FIR on my @instagram ac hacking met this dynamic DCP #cybercrime @MumbaiPolice Smt. Rashmi Karandikar who enlightened me lot more on the issue. Will surely be working on it in future. @MahaCyber1,” she mentioned.
Posts from Matondkar’s Instagram account have been wiped out, with the show name changed to “Instagram Support”.
“This is an automated message sent to you. If you have infringed copyright, you will receive an automated message,” the message study on her profile.
Matondkar, who had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from north Mumbai constituency as a Congress candidate, lately joined the Shiv Sena.