Unaware of what Raj Kundra was up to, was busy with work: Shilpa Shetty

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty in a statement to Mumbai police claimed she was not aware of her husband Raj Kundras activities as she was busy with her work according to a supplementary chargesheet filed by the city police in a court here in connection with a case pertaining to pornographic filmsShettys statement is part of the nearly 1500page chargesheet filed before a magistrate court on Wednesday by the police against Kundra 46 and his associate Ryan ThorpeThe case against Kundra arrested in July this year is related to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some appsAccording to the chargesheet Shetty told the police that she did not know anything about the HotShots and Bollywood Fame apps allegedly used by the accused for uploading and streaming obscene contentIn 2015 Kundra started VIAAN industries Limited which made animation cartoon and apps I had 245 per cent share I was director in that company from 2005 to July 2020 I resigned from the board due to personal reasons Shetty said in her statementShetty also said that one of the accused in the pornography racket Umesh Kamat use to work with VIAAN After his arrest in February I asked Kundra about the same and he said that he was working with Gehna Vasisth to make obscene films and was selling them I didnt know about the Bollyfame OTT app till then Today I came to know that HotShots app was made by VIAAN I was busy in my own work and never asked what Kundra was doing and hence I had no idea about this porn racket she addedAnother actor Sherly Chopra in her statement told the police that Kundra had asked her to work for the HotShots app without any hesitationAlso read Raj Kundra main facilitator in porn films case earned millions ChargesheetShe was told that the HotShots app would have more bold and hot videos but Chopra refused the chargesheet saidChopra further told the police that she had signed a contract with the firm Armsprime Media Pvt Ltd for creating the mobile app named The Sherlyn Chopra AppSaurabh Kushwaha and Raj Kundra were directors of the firm she told the policeChopra claimed that as per the agreement she was to get 50 per cent of the revenue but she never got her share said the chargesheetAnother witness Sejal Shah told the police that she made three films for the HotShots app during the lockdown in March 2020Later Yash Thakur an accused in the case asked her to work in a movie which he claimed to be the remake of a Hollywood film She was told that it will have very bold and erotic scenes but the film wont be screened in IndiaBut the movie was shown in India and when she asked to delete the bold scenes Thakur refused she claimed in her police statement which is part of the charge sheetYash Thakur a resident of Singapore and Londonbased Pardeep Bakshi have been shown as wanted accused in the chargesheetThe case is related to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some appsIn April this year the crime branch filed the first chargesheet in the case against nine peopleIn the voluminous document the police have said the probe conducted by the property cell of the crime branch has revealed that Kundra was the main facilitator in the porn films caseA lot of evidences against Kundra came to light after technical analysis statements of witnesses and from documents confiscated from his office it saidThe police said Kundra and Thorpe in conspiracy with accused arrested earlier took advantage of financially weak young women who were struggling in the film industry and made obscene movies with themThe pornographic videos were then uploaded on various websites as well as mobile applications they saidThese videos were sold through subscriptions and Kundra illegally earned millions from them said the chargesheetKundra and Thorpe were arrested by the Mumbai crime branch on July 19 and are currently in jail under judicial custodyTheir bail pleas are pending before a Mumbai sessions courtWith inputs from Faizan Khan