As per the latest update on Raj Kundra's arrest, the session court has extended the businessman's judicial custody and postponed his bail hearing till August 20, 2021.
Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty Kundra are leading all the headlines after his alleged involvement in creating porn movies and publishing them through mobile apps. On July 19, 2021, Raj was arrested from his house along with 11 other people by the Mumbai police, who had later revealed Raj as the key conspirator of the case.
On July 23, 2021, the crime branch had raided Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra's bungalow in Juhu for further investigation and had also recorded Shilpa's statement. During the search, the officials have reportedly found a cupboard hidden in a cavity and few files of 48TB worth of images and videos, most of which is adult content.
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On August 10, 2021, the session court extended Raj Kundra's jail term and postponed his bail hearing to August 20, 2021. Raj's 14-day judicial custody ended on August 10, 2021, but after the crime branch listed out 19 reasons to oppose his bail, the court extended the hearing. According to the reports of Mid-Day, the crime branch has raised concerns if Raj is released on bail, he might 'tamper with the evidence', 'influence the witnesses' or might even flee the country since he is a British citizen.
As per the report of ETimes, Raj, in his plea, claimed that his name has not been figured in the charge sheet filed by the police in April and his arrest was based on conjectures and guesses. However, the police accused Raj of not cooperating with the case. Investigating officer, Kiran Bidve revealed that Raj had destroyed a lot of evidence prior to his arrest and if granted bail, will remove more evidence.
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It was in February 2021 when the racket publishing pornographic content with Raj Kundra's alleged involvement was busted. A woman had approached Mumbai Police with the allegations on Raj for luring men and women with the pretext of giving them work in web series and instead, forcing them to act in adult movies.
When officials had arrested actor-producer Gehana Vasisth and Umesh Kamat, a former employee of Kundra, it was alleged that Viaan industries was used for the production and distribution of adult content. The content was further sent to a UK-based company, Kenrin, and was uploaded on an application ‘Hotshots’.
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Raj Kundra was booked under sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays).