Detrimental to my image: Karan Kundrra on being mistaken for Raj Kundra

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, July 26

Actor Karan Kundrra on Monday said it “was detrimental to his image” that he was confused with businessman Raj Kundra, the husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who has been arrested for the alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps.

Kundrra posted about his ordeal in an Instagram story.

“Not just my picture, some also used my name. When I woke up and opened my Twitter, I saw a lot of people had thought that it was actually me who was caught in the controversy, and were tweeting about it while tagging me. It took me a while to figure out what actually happened, and that it was Raj Kundra,” Karan told Hindustan Times.

The new portal quoted him as saying, “Some thought that it was a mistake, some thought that the person in question is me. There were some who started abusing me. They started tagging me and replying on Twitter, with my fans correcting them. This has happened before as well when someone called me Shilpa Shetty’s husband, which was taken in a lighter manner.

Raj Kundra has been booked under IPC Sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays), and relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.