On December 9, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned actress Gehna Vashishta 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 conducted the interrogation for about 7 hours. After this the actress was allowed to go home at night.
ED had also sent summons to Raj Kundra in this case. The investigating agency asked Kundra to reach the ED office on December 2. But Raj did not come to join the investigation. In fact, on November 29, the ED raided Raj Kundra-Shilpa Shetty's house in the 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 and producing porn content to people through the Hotshot app. The owner of this app is Raj Kundra. His app was previously available on Google and Apple, however the app was taken down in 2021 after the case against Raj Kundra.
The actress was seen in Geh's 'Gandi Baat'. 32-year-old Gehna's childhood name is Vandana Tiwari. He studied Engineering in Robotic Science from Bhopal. Gehna was seen in the lead role in the Star Plus show. In 2012, she won the Miss Asia Bikini Contest. Apart from this, he has worked in more than 30 South films in the last 6 years. Last year, Gehna appeared in Alt Balaji's series 'Gandi Baat' and Ullu App's show.
Accused of making porn videos with the lure of work Gehna, who was arrested for making porn videos three years ago, was accused of making 87 porn videos and uploading them on her website. To view this, a paid subscription is required, which is charged at Rs 2000. Police said Gehna used to lure struggling actresses to shoot porn videos. In return for work, she used to pay 15 to 20 thousand rupees for each 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 Gehna Vashishtha has come up in this case. The police got information from Gehna about Umesh Kamat, who worked in Raj Kundra's company Vihan Enterprises.
- Umesh used to send all the videos to Pradeep Bakshi, Raj Kundra's girlfriend living in London, through a sharing app. Pradeep Canrin used to upload all the videos on the company's app. Umesh used to do this transfer from Raj's office.
- According to the charge sheet, 'Hotshot' app account and two WhatsApp groups named 'Hotshot' Taken Down' were found from Umesh's mobile. Raj was also the manager of both these groups.
- Chats were held between Raj and his company's IT head Ryan Tharp, Umesh, Pradeep Bakshi and other employees regarding payments to people working on the content of the 'Hotshot' and 'Boli Fame' apps, payments from Google and Apple, user revenue, a WhatsApp group, sending mails. had come Income details etc. were collected.
- After getting all this it was revealed that Raj was the mastermind of this entire racket, he was uploading obscene videos by Pradeep Bakshi and earning money in return.
Sherlyn, Poonam Pandey were also accused Earlier, the High Court had also rejected the anticipatory bail application of five other accused in this case except Raj Kundra. After the relief granted to Kundra, other accused may also appeal to avoid arrest on the same ground. Actresses Poonam Pandey, Sherlyn Chopra and Gehna Vashishth were also accused in the case of making porn films. Raj Kundra was arrested in July. Raj Kundra's HotShots app was accused of broadcasting obscene and porn videos.
Photograph of Raj Kundra taken during arrest.
Arrested under these sections in July 2021
- IPC Sections 292, 296 – Creating and selling obscene content
- Section 420 – Betrayal, cheating
- Section 67, 67(A) of the Information Technology Act – Posting and transmission of obscene material in electronic form
Shilpa-Raj's property worth Rs 97 crore seized in money laundering case Just a few months ago, the Enforcement Directorate has seized assets worth Rs 97.79 crore from 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 gave this information through a post on X.
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