Shilpa Shetty’s Husband, Raj Kundra, Had Links to UK Porn Firm: Cops

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ A company of businessman Raj Kundra, arrested in a porn films case, was running operations for a London-based firm floated by a close relative which was into producing pornographic content for India, Mumbai police said today.

Raj Kundra (45), husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, was arrested by the crime branch on Monday night in a case, which it said, related to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps.

On Tuesday, he was produced before a court which remanded him in police custody till July 23. Raj Kundra’s Viaan Industries had a tie-up with London-based company Kenrin, which owns ”Hotshots” app, allegedly involved in publishing pornographic films, a senior police official said.

“Though the company was registered in London, the content creation, operation of the app and accounting was done through Kundra’s Viaan Industries,” said Milind Bharambe, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), at a press briefing. Kenrin is owned by the brother-in-law of Raj Kundra, he said. The police have gathered evidence which establishes connections between the two business entities, the officer said.