Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's Twitter account was allegedly hacked on Monday night, by a Turkish hacker group Ayyildiz Tim. The group replaced Bachchan's profile picture with that of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
According to reports, the group also edited the actor's Twitter bio to add 'Love Pakistan'.
The cover photo of Bachchan's account, which was subsequently deleted, showed the promo picture of the group with an eagle in flight. The group also put out a tweet: "This is an important call to the whole world! We do condemn the irrespective behaviors of Iceland republic towards Turkish footballers. We speak softly but carry a big stick and inform you about the big Cyber attack here. As Ayyildiz Tim Turkish Cyber Army."
The second tweeted that referred to Indian Muslims read: “The Indian State, who mercilessly attacks the Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan, is attacking the Ummah Muhammad in this age! Indian Muslims are entrusted to us by Abdulhamid.”
"We have informed our cyber unit and Maharashtra Cyber about *hacked* Twitter account of @SrBachchan. They are investigating the matter. Further updates awaited," the Mumbai Police spokesperson told PTI.
The same group had previously hacked Twitter accounts of actors Shahid Kapoor and Anupam Kher among others.
The account was restored later.
-with inputs from PTI