Mumbai Police crime branch arrested Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra in July in connection to his involvement in a pornographic film racket.

A magistrate court in Mumbai grants bail to jailed businessman Raj Kundra in the case of a pornographic film. He was arrested in April this year in a case is related to the alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps. Kundra (46) had filed a bail plea before the court, claiming there was not a single evidence against him in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch in the case.

The businessman, in the plea, had claimed there was no evidence of him being “actively” involved in the creation of alleged questionable porn content and that he was being made a “scapegoat” in the case.

Recently, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty in a statement to Mumbai Police claimed that she was not aware of her husband Raj Kundra’s activities as she was busy with her work. She told the police that Viaan Industries Limited was started in the year 2015 by Raj Kundra. He holds a 24.50% stake in the company and was its director from April 2015 to July 2020. Later, he resigned from the company for some personal reasons. “I have no idea about the ‘Hotshots’ or ‘Bollyfame’ apps,” she said, according to a supplementary charge sheet filed by the city police in Mumbai court in connection with a case about pornographic films.

 

Kundra and Thorpe were arrested by the Mumbai crime branch on July 19 and were sent to jail under judicial custody.