Payal Rohatgi (born 9 November 1978)[3] is an Indian actress and reality TV performer who appears in Hindi films.

[10][11] Payal Rohatgi made her theatre debut with director and producer Vandana Sajnani's play called Fourplay in 2010.

[12] In September 2013, Rohatgi was featured in Life OK's TV fiction show Hum Ne Li Hai Shapath where she played the supervillain Gong in a special episode of the comic series.

[citation needed] In February 2022, she made a comeback to entertainment industry as she participated in the OTT reality show Lock Upp.

Rohatgi started dating wrestler Sangram Singh in 2011, whom she met on the sets of reality show Survivor India.

They were the brand ambassadors of International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO), an Indian NGO from New Delhi,[21][22][better source needed] Rohatgi shared fake news and fringe theories multiple times from Twitter account.

[27] Twitter handle of Mumbai police blocked Rohatgi in 2019 but later unblocked her when Chief Minister's wife, Amruta Fadnavis, voiced support for her.

[32][33] Rohatgi also attacked the 19th century Indian social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy as a "traitor" & lackey of British, and accused him of defaming the tradition of Sati.

[54] Rohatgi wrote a series of vulgar tweets about Muslim women participating in Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests for which Twitter suspended her account for a week in June 2020.

[55] A Metropolitan Magistrate court in Mumbai noted that the tweets prima facie "show disregard against Muslim women and Community" and ordered a technical investigation.