Bengaluru: Rajya Sabha MP and author Sudha Murthy has lodged a police complaint after receiving a fraudulent phone call threatening to disconnect her mobile services and circulate obscene videos in her name.

According to the FIR filed at the Cyber Crime Police Station, Murthy received a call on September 5 from an unidentified person who claimed to be an employee of the Telecommunications Department.

The caller alleged that her mobile number was not linked to Aadhaar and warned that obscene videos of her had been circulated online. He further threatened that her phone services would be suspended.

Police said a probe is underway to identify the accused and verify the claims made in the call.