The Enforcement Directorate has intensified its probe right into a p*rnography case involving businessman Raj Kundra, husband of actor Shilpa Shetty. Raj, who was lately summoned to look earlier than the company, reportedly skipped the listening to, resulting in a recent summons being issued. This improvement follows stories of a raid performed at his residence.
Shilpa Shetty’s Raj Kundra was summoned in reference to the Enforcement Directorate’s first cash laundering case linked to a pornography scandal uncovered by the Mumbai Police in February 2021. Now, as per IANS, he didn’t seem for the listening to, requesting extra time. Consequently, a recent summons has been issued, directing him to look for questioning within the ongoing probe on December 4.
Raj Kundra knowledgeable the Enforcement Directorate that he was unable to look for questioning on Monday and requested extra time, in response to sources throughout the company. In the meantime, actress Gehana Vasisth has additionally been summoned for questioning on December 9 in reference to the case, because the investigation continues into the alleged p*rnography rip-off.
This improvement comes simply two days after the Enforcement Directorate performed raids at a number of places linked to Raj as a part of its investigation into cash laundering related to the manufacturing and distribution of p*rnographic content material. The ED’s actions observe a sequence of raids on Friday at 15 places in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the place a number of financial institution accounts have been frozen and cyber-digital gadgets seized.
Searches occurred in Mumbai, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, and Kushinagar, focusing on people who allegedly supplied technical help to p*rn apps in alternate for fee. The company is now inspecting the data and paperwork seized throughout the raids, specializing in tracing the circulate of the illicit proceeds each inside India and internationally, in an effort to establish the last word beneficiaries of the crime.
For these unaware, Kundra was detained by the Mumbai Police in July 2021 over allegations of manufacturing and distributing p*rnographic content material, however he was later granted bail. He has constantly denied the accusations, claiming he was made a ‘scapegoat’ within the case.
Earlier this 12 months, he got here beneath the Enforcement Directorate’s radar as a part of a cash laundering probe into the Achieve Bitcoin Ponzi Rip-off. The ED seized belongings value Rs 98 crore, together with a residential flat in Juhu, Mumbai, a bungalow in Pune, and varied fairness holdings.
The authorized troubles date again to 2018, when the ED initiated an investigation into Amit Bharadwaj’s Ponzi scheme.
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