Mumbai Police records Shilpa Shetty's statement, Raj Kundra sent to police custody till July 27 | UPDATES

Actress Shilpa Shetty who was awaiting the release of her comeback film 'Hungama 2' grabbed the negative limelight when her businessman-husband Raj Kundra got arrested in a porn films case. On Thursday, she shared a quote from a book about surviving challenges and on Friday she made another post revolving around Priyadarshan's film which releases today on Disney Plus Hotstar. 

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Mumbai Police is recording the statement of Shilpa Shetty, in connection with pornography case

Businessman Raj Kundra and husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty's has filed a petition in Bombay High Court, challenging his arrest in a case related to the production of pornographic films. He says his arrest is illegal.

Mumbai Police on Friday produced actor Shilpa Shetty's husband and businessman Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe before Magistrate Court seeking further custody for seven days.

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In the latest update,  Mumbai Police is suspecting 'international deals' in the alleged porn films racket. As per an ANI report, "In the WhatsApp chats, we have found that Raj Kundra was talking about a deal about selling 121 videos for USD 1.2 million. This deal seems to be on the international level: Mumbai Police."

A team of Mumbai Police Crime Branch reaches at the residence of actor Shilpa Shetty, with her husband Raj Kundra in custody in a case related to the production of pornographic films. 

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Raj Kundra, who was arrested by the Mumbai Police earlier this week has been remanded by the court till July 27 now. After his recommend time was extended from July 23 to July 27. he was snapped outside the court. 

Police suspect that money earned from pornography was used for online betting, reports ANI. This is why transactions between Raj Kundra's Yes bank account and United Bank of Africa account need to be investigated, Mumbai Police tells Court.

Police extend remand of Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty's husband and Ryan Thorpe till July 27

Raj Kundra clicked at Byculla jail as he leaves for court

On January 18 this year, actor Sachin Joshi had filed a complaint about the alleged fraudulent representation and nonreceipt of gold after six years of making the payment to Satyug Gold. Sachiin claimed that he made the payments at the behest of Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty who were then, the office-bearers of the company. Talking about his legal battle, Sachiin told a portal, "My legal battle was merely a representation of many of the investors of Satyug Gold who have invested in the gold scheme at a discounted rate, only to never receive the gold." 

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The police custody of Raj Kundra will end today. To know more details about the case and the charges against the businessman watch the video here.

Raj Kundra has been named the 'key conspirator' in the case of the creation of pornographic films and publishing them through apps. After the arrest, several speculations were doing rounds on the internet saying the Bollywood actress will soon be summoned in the case. However, as per media reports, Shilpa Shetty will not be served a summon in the Raj Kundra case.

Reportedly, the Mumbai police have said that Shilpa will not be served a summon in the ongoing case. "Shilpa Shetty is one of the directors of Viaan Industries while the police investigation is probing into Kenrin only," a media quoted a police officer as saying. Kenrin is a UK-based company and owner of the HotShots app, where the alleged porn content was distributed.

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The Mumbai Police made shocking revelations that arrested businessman Raj Kundra and his brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi are the alleged masterminds of an international porn films racket perpetrated through their content production companies based in India and the United Kingdom. The Mumbai Police also nabbed a techie in connection with the alleged pornographic racket being probed by the Crime Branch-CID. 

The police arrested Ryan John Tharpe, entrusted with the technical aspects of Kundra-Shetty's companies, from Nerul in Navi Mumbai, for his alleged role and involvement in the same scam. The duo was produced before a Mumbai magistrate and remanded to police custody till July 23.

With this the total number of arrests in the case has shot up to around 12, till date and several more suspects are still on the police radar.