Updated On: 18 December, 2025 10:47 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
After the news of Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra`s Mumbai home being raided by the Income Tax department on Thursday broke out, her lawyer has now issued a statement denying any such development calling it a "routine verification"

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Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra`s house was reportedly raided by income tax officials on Thursday on suspicion of tax evasion. This comes a day after the income tax officials searched her restaurant, Bastian, in Bengaluru, in connection with an FIR filed for violation of rules.
Shilpa Shetty`s lawyer, Advocate Prashant Patil, issued a statement saying, "On behalf of my client, Mrs Shilpa Shetty Kundra, I can confirm that there is no Income Tax `Raid` of whatsoever nature against my client. There is a routine verification by the income tax officials pertaining to follow up with my client, Mrs Shilpa Shetty Kundra.