When Ranju Sinha (54) clicked &lsquo;accept&rsquo; on the friend request by Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari, little did she know that she was being cheated by an impostor, and would soon be robbed of 50 of her original songs and Rs 4.75 lakh. Sinha, who is a songwriter, had penned the Bhojpuri version of the &lsquo;Jabra&rsquo; song from Shah Rukh Khan&rsquo;s movie &lsquo;Fan&rsquo;, which was sung by Tiwari.
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<img title="Manoj Tiwari was extremely shocked to hear about the impostor (right) Bhojpuri songwriter Ranju Sinha" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/jul/Manoj-Tiwari.jpg" alt="Manoj Tiwari was extremely shocked to hear about the impostor (right) Bhojpuri songwriter Ranju Sinha" /> Manoj Tiwari was extremely shocked to hear about the impostor (right) Bhojpuri songwriter Ranju Sinha
&ldquo;I am a big fan of Manoj Tiwari. For the movie Fan, I had written the Bhojpuri version of the song Jabra, which was sung by Manoj. During our previous conversation, he assured me that he would work with me in future. After a few months of that exchange, I received a friend request from him and was overwhelmed,&rdquo; Sinha told mid-day.
Songs galore Sinha then spoke to the impostor through a messaging app. During this time, he had also called her and sounded just like Tiwari, due to which Sinha trusted him, &ldquo;After a few conversations with the impostor, he asked me to send all my songs, to which I readily agreed. I have sent him around 50 songs.&rdquo;
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&ldquo;He even told me that he wished to record the songs in sometime and he needs some money for it. I paid around Rs 4.75 lakh to the accused. Some of the songs were pertaining to the arrival of monsoon. Despite the monsoon showers, when the project failed to take off, I found something amiss,&rdquo; she added. Sinha was told by the impostor that a music composer was making an album with her songs and he also put up a post on Facebook saying the same.
Tiwari shocked Sinha then called Tiwari and told him about the promises made by his music composer and about the money and songs she had given him. However, Tiwari was extremely shocked to hear it and said he was unaware of any such music composer. He asked her to go to the nearest police station and file complaint against the impostor.
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On July 18, Sinha registered the complaint with Bangur Nagar police station. The accused has been identified as Pradeep Lal Yadav and the police are searching for him. &ldquo;We have registered cheating complaint against Yadav and are looking for him,&rdquo; said Santosh Bhandare, senior inspector of Bangur Nagar police station.

Ranju Sinha, who wrote the Bhojpuri version of the &lsquo;Jabra&rsquo; song from Shah Rukh Khan's movie&nbsp;&lsquo;Fan&rsquo;, which was sung by Manoj Tiwari,&nbsp;had sent 50 original songs to the impostor

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