On Wednesday evening MumbaiPolice raided the office of Vian Industries Limited in Mumbai and some otherplaces of Raj Kundra. According to the sources, the hard disk and serverof some computers installed in Kundra's office have been seized. It isbelieved that this is where the video was uploaded through V Transfer.
Apart from this, someother documents have been taken into custody by the police. The policehave also seized an iPhone and laptop of Raj Kundra. It has been sent tothe forensic lab for examination.
Till now ShilpaShetty name is not linked with any of such businesses of Kundra. But, Mumbai Police maysoon interrogate actress Shilpa Shetty in this case.
Raj Kundra is inpolice custody till July 23. Also, a 'lookout' notice has been issuedagainst his brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi. According to the Mumbai Police,Bakshi is an accused in the case. Bakshi is the co-owner of the Kenrincompany that produces Hotshot.
The policeinvestigation found that while Kenrin owned the app, the Mumbai-based companyViaan Industries owned by Raj Kundra was actively involved in running theHotshots app.
Milind Bharambe,Joint Commissioner of Mumbai Police, told reporters, "We found agreementpapers, emails, accounts WhatsApp chats and pornographic clips from his officeduring the search."
In the investigation, ithas come to the fore that Kundra had hired two employees named Pratikesh andIshwar on the payroll of Vian Industries Ltd. to maintain the Hotshotapp. Kenrin used to charge 'Vian Industries Limited' i.e. Raj's company Rs3-4 lakh every month to manage and maintain the company's 'Hotshot' app.
Investigation hasrevealed that Raj Kundra has earned more than 10 lakhs several times in a day. Somedetails of his bank account have become public, from the analysis of which ithas been found that Kundra's company used to earn 50 thousand to 10 lakh rupeesin a day.
Last year, Kundraearned
Rs 3 lakh in XX790 account on 22 December 2020.
On December 25, 2020, Rs 1 lakh arrived in XX790 account.
On 26 December 2020, Rs 10 lakh arrived in XX790 account.
50,000 rupees arrived in XX790 account on 28th December 2020.
On January 3, 2021, 2 lakh 5 thousand rupees came in XX790 account.
On January 10, 2021, Rs 3 lakh arrived in XX790 account.
On 13 January 2021, Rs 2 lakh arrived in XX790 account.
On January 20, 2021, Rs 1 lakh arrived in XX790 account.
On 23 January 2021, 95 thousand rupees came in XX790 account.
On 3 February 2021, 2 lakh 70 thousand rupees came in XX790 account.
On 4 February 2021,the police had busted this case by raiding.