ED raids at locations of businessman Raj Kundra in pornography case

New Delhi, November 29

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at 15 premises, including that of businessman and Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the pornography case against Kundra. 

The ED is probing the financial transactions pertaining to the pornography case.

In May 2022, the central agency registered a money laundering case against Raj Kundra in connection with the pornography case. The case was registered based on an FIR against him by the Mumbai police in 2021 for allegedly running a pornography racket. Kundra had been arrested by the Mumbai police in this connection. The ED is probing the financial transactions pertaining to the case.

The police made the first arrests in the alleged porn racket case in February 2021. 

Kundra was arrested in July 2021 after investigations revealed that he was a key conspirator in the case. The pornographic content produced was being distributed over subscription-based mobile apps like HotHit Movies and Hotshots.

The Hotshots app was developed by Armsprime Media Private Limited, a firm founded by Kundra in 2019. Armsprime later sold Hotshots to Kenrin Limited, a UK-based firm owned by Kundra’s brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi.

The Mumbai police have already filed a chargesheet against Kundra and three other accused linked to the case. In 2021, Kundra spent two months in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail and was granted bail in September that year.