Photo was morphed: Ranveer Singh to police
BOMBAY TIMES (September 16, 2022)

Ranveer Singh has told Mumbai Police that one of his nude shoot photographs, which led to the filing of a case for obscenity against him, had been morphed. He denied that this particular photograph was among the pictures from a photo shoot that he had shared on social media, a police official said on Thursday. Ranveer’s statement was recorded on August 29.

He told the police that the photograph in which his private parts were allegedly visible had not been uploaded by him, the official said.

The actor also maintained that the photos which he had shared were not obscene as he was wearing underwear. “We have sent the photos to a forensic science laboratory to ascertain if they had been morphed,” said the official.

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against the actor at Chembur police station in July on the basis of a complaint filed by an office-bearer of a non-governmental organisation. The complainant claimed that the actor “hurt the sentiments of women in general and insulted their modesty through his photographs”.
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HINDUSTAN TIMES (September 16, 2022)

Actor Ranveer Singh’s “nude” photoshoot for a magazine in July stirred up a storm on the internet. The actor, who found himself embroiled in legal trouble on grounds of “obscenity” soon after, has claimed that he hadn’t posed nude, and that one of the pictures floating online was morphed.

An FIR was registered against the 83 (2021) actor at Chembur police station on the basis of a complaint filed by an office-bearer of a non-governmental organization (NGO). While the police recorded his statement on August 29, new details have emerged. Singh has claimed that one of the photos, in which his private parts were allegedly visible, has been tampered with and was not shot in the way it is being shown. He also denied posting this image. The police are now verifying the claims, according to ANI.

In the controversial pictures, Singh was seen ditching his clothes for the camera, and in one image, he could be seen lying on a rug. The complainant had alleged that the actor had “hurt the sentiments of women in general and insulted their modesty through his photographs”.