Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty's businessman husband Raj Kundra was arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch on late Monday night in connection with filming pornographic movies.
A big update in the matter is that Shilpa may also be interrogated by the police, as she is Raj Kundra's partner in most of the business. Sources say the Crime Branch of Mumbai police may soon summon the actress.
Meanwhile, Raj Kundra's associate Ryan Tharp from the Nerul area of Mumbai has also been arrested and Mr Kundra will be produced before the court today. He was taken to JJ hospital for medical examination from the crime branch office of Mumbai Police at 4:00 am.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale said that Raj Kundra is the main conspirator in this case and that the police had strong evidence against him.
Kundra is being interrogated. 11 people, including Kundra, have been arrested in the porn film case.
On Monday, at 9 pm, Raj Kundra reached the crime branch office in Byculla, Mumbai for questioning and after 2 hours of interrogation, the businessman was arrested at around 11 pm night.
Kundra invested 10 crores in his room company.
According to the Mumbai Crime Branch, a case was registered against Raj in February this year, for investing 8 to 10 crores in the porn film industry. It is said that Kundra and his brother who lives in Britain have established a firm named Kenrin there. Videos for the film were shot in India and sent to Kenrin via We Transfer (a file transfer service).
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The company was created by Raj Kundra, while the registration was down aboard to avoid India's cyber law.
Earlier, web series actress Gehana Vashistha, including 6 more people were arrested in February for their alleged involvement in filming porn. Later, three more people were also held.
After these arrests, two FIRs were filed in the case, submitting that the action was taken after the actors were forced to shoot nude scenes for a pornographic film.
People accused also revealed that the film's clips were released on a paid mobile application.
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A man named Umesh Kamat was arrested recently after the police got a big lead and Raj Kundra's connection in this racket of porn films came to the fore.