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On December 9, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned actress Gehana Vashishtha in a money laundering case related to the porn content case. The actress appeared before ED officials at Ballard Estate on Monday afternoon. The investigating agency interrogated for about 7 hours. After this the actress was allowed to go home at night.
ED had also sent summons to Raj Kundra regarding this case. The investigating agency had asked Kundra to reach the ED office on December 2. But Raj did not come to join the investigation.
Actually, on November 29, ED raided the house of Raj Kundra-Shilpa Shetty in this case. Raj Kundra’s office was also raided. Apart from this, the houses of the people working for him were also raided.
Raj Kundra is accused of providing porn content to people through the app Hotshot and also producing it. The owner of this app is Raj Kundra. This app of his was earlier available on Google and Apple, however, after the case against Raj Kundra in 2021, the app was removed.
Who is actress Gehna, was seen in ‘Gandi Baat’ 32 year old Gehna’s childhood name is Vandana Tiwari. He has studied engineering in robotic science from Bhopal. Gehna was seen in the lead role in Star Plus show ‘Behenin’. In 2012 she won the Miss Asia Bikini Contest. Apart from this, in the last 6 years she has worked in more than 30 South films. Last year, Gehna was seen in the shows of Alt Balaji series ‘Gandii Baat’ and Ullu App.
Accused of making porn videos by luring work Gehana, who was arrested three years ago in the case of making porn videos, was accused of making 87 porn videos and uploading them on her website. To view these, paid subscription is required, the charge for which has been kept at Rs 2000. Police had told that Gehna used to get struggling actresses to shoot porn videos by luring them with work. In return for her work, she used to give 15 to 20 thousand rupees for every film.
How did the police reach Raj Kundra in the pornography case?
- In February 2021, police raided Madh Island and busted a porn racket. The name of TV actress Gehana Vashishtha came up in this case. Police came to know from Gehna about Umesh Kamat working in Raj Kundra’s company Vihaan Enterprise.
- Umesh used to send all the videos to Raj Kundra’s London-based brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi through a sharing application. Pradeep used to upload all the videos on the app of company Kenrin. Umesh used to do this transfer from Raj’s office only.
- According to the charge sheet, the account of ‘Hotshot’ app and two WhatsApp groups named ‘Hotshot’ Taken Down were detected from Umesh’s mobile. The administrator of both these groups was also Raj.
- Regarding payment to people working on the content of ‘Hotshot’ and ‘Boli Fame’ app, payment from Google and Apple, user revenue among Raj and his company’s IT head Ryan Tharp, Umesh, Pradeep Bakshi and other employees. There was chat in WhatsApp group, mails were sent. Income details etc. were stored.
- After getting all this, it was revealed that Raj was the mastermind of the entire racket, he used to upload obscene videos through Pradeep Bakshi and earn money in return.
Sherlyn, Poonam Pandey were also accused Earlier, the High Court had also rejected the anticipatory bail plea of five other accused apart from Raj Kundra in this case. After the relief given to Kundra, other accused can also appeal to avoid arrest on the same basis. Actresses Poonam Pandey, Sherlyn Chopra and Gehana Vashishtha were also made accused in the case of making porn films. Raj Kundra was arrested in July. Raj Kundra’s Hotshots app was accused of airing obscene and porn videos.
Photograph of Raj Kundra taken during his arrest.
Arrests were made under these sections in July 2021
- IPC Section 292, 296 – Making and selling obscene material
- Section 420 – Betrayal, fraud
- Section 67, 67(A) of the Information Technology Act – posting and transmitting obscene material in electronic form
- Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, Section 2(g) 3, 4, 6, 7 – Making, selling and broadcasting obscene films related to women.
Shilpa-Raj’s property worth Rs 97 crore attached in money laundering case Just a few months ago, the Enforcement Directorate has attached property worth Rs 97.79 crore of Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra. This includes Shilpa Shetty’s Juhu flat and bungalow and equity shares registered in the name of Raj Kundra. The case relates to money laundering in the 2002 Bitcoin Ponzi scheme scam. ED had given this information through a post on X.
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