Raj Kundra had earlier been arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch in July 2021 under sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at the residences of multiple individuals, including businessman Raj Kundra, husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty. Around 15 locations in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh were being searched.
The search operations are reportedly linked to a money-laundering investigation about the allegations surrounding the production and distribution of pornographic content through mobile applications. The ED’s inquiry stems from a case initiated by the Mumbai police against Kundra in 2021 in connection with the alleged porn production.
For the unversed, Raj Kundra, who was previously arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch in July 2021 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, later secured bail from a city court. Other money laundering case against Raj Kundra. This is the second money laundering case against Kundra. Early this year, the ED had attached assets worth ₹98 crore of Kundra and Shetty in a cryptocurrency case.
The couple, however, obtained relief from the Bombay High Court against this ED attachment order. The businessman had told a local Mumbai court in 2021 that there was not even an iota of evidence with the prosecution (Mumbai Police) that would connect the app ‘Hotshots’, used in the alleged porn films racket, with an offence under the law.
