Raj Kundra earned in lakhs daily, adult film business grew amidst lockdown, reveals Mumbai Crime Branch

The arrest of Shilpa Shetty’s husband and businessman Raj Kundra in an alleged adult film racket has shaken the industry. Recently Mumbai Crime Branch officer addressed media and shared details of how Raj and his associate’s business flourished amidst the lockdown. The officer revealed that Raj would earn in lakhs daily through this adult film business. Milind Bharambe, joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), also revealed that Raj had forged partnership with his UK-based brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi’s Kenrin Limited. Read on to know the details.

Speaking to media, Milind Bharambe said, “Documents of financial transactions run into thousands. We are analysing the details to get exact earnings. The same will be treated as proceeds of crime. So far, we have frozen Rs 7.5 crore in various accounts.” The Crime Branch officer further revealed that Raj would earn in lakhs daily. The amount later increased to Rs 6-8 lakh daily.

Revealing about the audition process, the officer shared, “They (models) were called for auditions and after selection made to do bold scenes, which went onto semi-nude and then full-nude shoots. Some of them strongly opposed this and had approached the police.”

 

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Divulging details on the functioning of this adult film business, the officer said, “As he cannot upload these videos from India on an app called Hotshot, he provided the content to a foreign platform by sending videos via WeTransfer. All content was created in his office and sent to a London-based company called, Kenrin Limited, owned by his brother-in-law, Pradeep Bakshi. The free to download app Hotshot was yanked off by both Apple and Google Playstore for the type of its content. The Mumbai Police have recovered incriminating evidences like several HotShot films, video clips, WhatsApp chats, etc. during the investigation.” 

Raj and his associate has been sent to judicial custody till July 23. Meanwhile, Raj’s wife Shilpa Shetty has skipped the shooting of the dance reality show India’s Best Dancer. She is being temporarily replaced by Karisma Kapoor.

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