In a major development, Shilpa Shetty’s husband andbusinessman Raj Kundra has bribed the top officials of the Mumbai Police toevade arrest for his alleged involvement in a porn racket case.
Going by the media reports, Arvind Srivastava alias YashThakur, who is absconding accused and is among one of the key conspirators ofthe racket, had sent a complaint email to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) inMarch. In the email, Arvind has alleged that Raj Kundra has paid Rs2.5 million(25 lakh) as a bribe to the police via US-based firm Fliz Movies (Nukeflix).
Notably, Srivastava owns the US-based firm and his nameerupted in the porn racket case in March. Taking action against him, Police hadseized two of his bank accounts which had Rs 4.50 crore approximately.
As per the reports, WhatsApp chat screenshots of the bribechat were attached in the email which said, “demand, through a police informer,to pay an equal amount was also made to the firm.”
Reportedly, the ACB has forwarded the email to the MumbaiPolice Chief’s office in April however, the officers have refrained fromcommenting on it.
In a conversation with the media house, Mumbai Police’sofficial spokesperson, DCP Chaitanya S said, “He is not aware of theaccusations.”
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Reiterating here, Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested RajKundra on July 19 in a case linked to the creation of pornographic content andits publication on apps. He is in custody till July 23.
Mumbai Police is quizzing Raj Kundra to extract thedetails of the case however, he has not spoken much.
A case has beenbooked against him under sections 420 (Cheating), 34 (Common Intention), 292and 293 (Related to Obscene and Indecent Advertisements and Displays) of theIPC along with relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representationof Women (Prohibition) Act.
Notably, after the arrest of Mr. Kundra, his lawyerobjected to the imposition of Section 67A of the Information Technology Act onsending obscene content in electronic form along with other sections withrespect to pornography as these laws consider "actual intercourse" asporn and the rest everything is termed as vulgar content.
The lawyer further said that the Police is following whatweb shows are working these days - vulgar content, however, it cannot be termedas ‘Porn.’