Police Say No Evidence Of 'Role' Of Shilpa Shetty In Raj Kundra Case

Raj Kundra Porn Film Case: Mumbai Police said in their statement that they have found no evidence of Shilpa Shetty being involved in the case.

Milind Bharambe, Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner added that they are investigating the case and have found no evidence pointing towards the active role of Shilpa Shetty. Further, he has appealed to the victims to come forward and contact the Crime Branch Mumbai.

Earlier today businessman Raj Kundra was arrested by the Crime Branch of Mumbai police under allegations of creating pornographic films and publishing them through a mobile application. Kundra is accused to be the key conspirator. The Commissioner of Mumbai Police added that they have “sufficient evidence" against him.

We have not been able to any find any active role (of Shilpa Shetty) yet. We are investigating. We'll appeal to the victims to come forward and contact the Crime Branch Mumbai. We'll take appropriate action: Milind Bharambe, Joint Commissioner of Police, Mumbai pic.twitter.com/CBgHVs4cnk

— ANI (@ANI) July 20, 2021

A close relative of Raj Kundra, Pradeep Bakshi has been sent to police custody till July 23 in the case. Bakshi's production house is accused of giving contracts to agents for pornographic content. According to reports, Raj Kundra's assistant, Umesh Kamat was the representative of the production house in India.

According to a police statement, the videos were directed to Kenrin Productions in the UK via an application. After this the pornographic films were allegedly uploaded to a phone application called HotShot.

During the investigation, the police found Whatsapp chats on Raj Kundra's phone in connection with the case. Kundra had reportedly created a group called 'H AAccounts'. It consisted of Pradeep Bakshi, Rob Digital Marketing Hotshot, Raw Evans, content head of Hotshot and Megha Viaan ‘accounts’. In the chats, Kundra has allegedly discussed marketing strategy, increasing sales, payment of models among other matters.

The Crime Branch had registered a case in February regarding this under the offence of publishing pornographic films. The Police added that small-time artists were lured into the offence. The artists looking for a role in the web series were asked to do bold scenes and these scenes were turned into semi-nude and nude scenes against their will.

Crime Branch Mumbai registered offense in Feb on publishing of porn films. It was found that small artists were lured on pretext of breaks in web series. They were asked for bold scenes that turned into semi-nude & nude scenes against their wishes: Mumbai Jt Police Commissioner pic.twitter.com/B6rFtMA0j1

— ANI (@ANI) July 20, 2021