The investigation into the alleged pornographic racket run by IPL scam-tainted businessman and actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra has revealed that Raj Kundra devised a backup plan after his Hotshots app was removed from both Google and Apple’s stores. Kundra has been remanded in custody by the police until July 23. According to reports, Kundra’s lawyer, Abad Ponda, has stated that the content of the streaming platform in question is vulgar, like that of many other streaming platforms, but is not pornographic.
Here are the most recent developments in the case’s police investigation.
In connection with the Raj Kundra porn app case, the crime branch has frozen several bank accounts with deposits totaling around 7.5 crore.
Nueflicks, another pornographic app, has come under scrutiny after police discovered 3 corers in the bank account of Yash Thakur, the app’s creator from Madhya Pradesh. Yash Thakur is currently in Singapore.
Raj Kundra’s office has been searched, and police are now going through agreement papers, subscription details, emails, and WhatsApp chats, among other things.
According to Raj Kundra’s WhatsApp conversations, he was planning to launch a new pornographic app called Bollyfame after the content of Hotshots was criticised and the app was taken down by Apple and Google.
On October 11, members of the WhatsApp group ‘H ACCOUNTS’ talked about a live revenue of Rs.1.85 lakh and a movie sale of Rs.4.52 lakh.
Kundra formed a WhatsApp group called Bollyfame with the goal of launching the new application by February. “…Plan B started max 2-3 weeks new app will be live iOS and Android it’s a blessing,” Raj Kundra replied to a member who shared a screenshot of Google Play mail on the status of the Hotshots app in the WhatsApp group.
However, the launch was postponed after Umesh Kamat, one of the racket’s key managers, was arrested in February.
The WhatsApp group included Pradeep Bakshi, Kundra’s brother-in-law and the official owner of the Hotshots app, in addition to Umesh Kamat and Raj Kundra.
According to police-accessed WhatsApp chats, Kundra, despite not being the official owner of Hotshots, wanted to shut down the app and remove obscene content to avoid being investigated.
According to multiple reports, Kundra’s lawyer Abad Ponda stated that the content of Hotshots cannot be classified as porn because the videos on the platform do not depict “actual intercourse.” Hotshots’ content, like that of many other adult content websites, was vulgar, but not pornographic, according to Ponda.
