On Friday, MumbaiPolice raided actress Shilpa Shetty house and interrogated her regarding herhusband Raj Kundra's case. Raj Kundra was taken to his home in Mumbai forthe first time since his arrest last Tuesday; he was escorted by a MumbaiPolice team that searched the house the 45-year-old shares with Shilpa Shettyand their two children.
In her statement,Shilpa claimed that her husband Raj Kundra is innocent and she wasn't aware ofthe content that went on their app HotShots. She also said that the content was'erotic; and not 'pornographic.'
According to MumbaiPolice Sources, Shilpa Shetty said that 'she has nothing to do with HotShots.She mentioned that erotica is different from porn and her husband Raj Kundrawasn't involved in producing porn content.' Shilpa Shetty also mentioned that itwas their "brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi who was involved with the app andits functioning."
The crime branch ofMumbai Police also conducted a search of the house and seized a laptop, theofficial added. As Shetty was a director of Viaan Industries, Kundra's firm,the police decided to question her. She had later resigned from the post.
According to sources,Mumbai police is checking if Shilpa Shetty played an active role in the entireporn racket, in which her husband is the key accused.
Meanwhile, Raj Kundrahas moved to the Bombay High Court challenging the police remand and the casesagainst him. "Without following the due process of law under theprovisions of Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, as mandatedby the Supreme Court from time to time, police arrested Kundra by calling himunder the grab of recording a statement," the businessman's plea states.
Mumbai court has sentbusinessman Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe to police custody tillJuly 27 in connection with a case related to the production of pornographicfilms.