British Bollywood actress reveals she was locked up in a Dubai police cell for six hours and not able to fly home for two months after passport was seized ‘because she threatened to post about a friend on Instagram in money row’ [Video]

A British Bollywood actress claims she was detained in Dubai for two months after she threatened to post about a friend on social media.

Sofia Hayat, 39, who has starred in Waterloo Road and in the Indian version of Big Brother, was on a week long trip when she got in trouble.

She fell out with someone she claims borrowed money from her – and she threatened to out them on Instagram, she said.

She thought nothing of it until she tried to get on a flight – when her passport was seized by police who put her in a cell for six hours, questioning her for a further six hours, she claims.

Sofia had unknowingly broken strict laws around posting defamatory comments on social media.

Told to stay in Dubai – and without her passport – she was forced to rent AirBnbs in Dubai for two months.