Overview

• Akshay Kumar said a stranger in an online game asked his 13-year-old daughter for nude photos after a series of polite messages and a question about her gender.
• He recounted that she immediately shut down the game and told her mother, highlighting it as the correct response to grooming attempts.
• The disclosure came at the Cyber Awareness Month inauguration at the Maharashtra Police Headquarters, attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior officials.
• Kumar called for a weekly “cyber period” for students in classes 7–10 in Maharashtra to teach online safety and counter what he said is crime growing faster than street crime.
• Officials stressed reporting within the ‘golden hour,’ publicized helplines 1930 and 1945, and launched a cyber-security documentary and a ‘Cyber Warrior’ comic, while no suspect or case outcome was reported in coverage.