According to official sources, the Enforcement Directorate searched the homes of actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband, businessman Raj Kundra, and a few other people on Friday, November 29, 2024, as part of a money laundering investigation connected to the purported distribution of pornographic material.
According to the sources, about 15 places in Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai are being searched. According to them, the investigation focusses on suspects’ suspected involvement in the dissemination of pornographic material via mobile apps and other platforms. Entrepreneur Raj Kundra and others, including actors Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey, were previously granted anticipatory bail by the Supreme Court on December 13, 2022, in relation to a formal complaint against them for allegedly disseminating pornographic recordings.
The actor was not the target of the action, according to Shetty’s attorney Prashant Patil, who told PTI that Kudra was “cooperating in the investigation for the truth to come out.” At least two Mumbai police FIRs and charge sheets against Kundra and others are the basis for this May 2022 money laundering case.
After being arrested in connection with the case, the businessman and a few others were later released on bond. This is Kundra’s second money laundering case.
In a cryptocurrency case earlier this year, the ED had seized assets belonging to Kundra and Shetty valued at Rs 98 crore. However, the Bombay High Court granted the couple relief from this attachment order.
