Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty's husband and businessman Raj Kundra has caught up more trouble after 4 employees from his company came forward to be the witnesses in the porn video case. Shetty’s husband has been accused under the sections of Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act on July 19.
Raj Kundra was uncooperative, sources say that these 4 employees will be the main source of extracting information for this matter. Currently, the crime branch is investigating the case in connection with financial and business deals, and details of the process of the porn racket, including the usage of money for the production of sex videos and the functioning of the porn racket.
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Soon the statement of the 4 employees will be out and recorded. Raj Kundra is in police custody till July 27. It is known that the Mumbai Police is likely to impose a case of the Foreign exchange Management Act (FEMA). ED has taken a step for the same and asked the Mumbai Police to lodge a complaint.
On Saturday, Mumbai Police located a hidden locker during another raid at Raj Kundra’s Viaan office located in Andheri West. According to the sources, it is known that the ‘hidden locker’ contained ample documents which were related to the cryptocurrency and pornography business.
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All the documents are recovered and are being examined by the Crime Branch. Previously in the raids, the police weren’t able to find the locker as it was hidden and the Mumbai Police were in search of a locker.
As for Shilpa Shetty, on Friday the Crime Branch had interrogated and raided her house regarding the porn racket.
She claimed that her husband is innocent and that she had no idea of the content which was on the app ‘Hotshot’. She also stated that Raj Kundra wasn’t involved in the case but the culprit is her brother-in-law, Pradeep Bakshi who is involved in the app and its functioning.