In Raj Kundra porn racket, know what was promised to small-time Bollywood actresses to lure them into nude scenes

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, July 28

The Raj Kundra porn racket seems to be getting murkier with small-time actresses approaching the police and alleging that they were forced to shoot for pornographic films for the HotShots app, allegedly owned by businessman Raj Kundra.

In investigation, it came to light that some small-time artistes were lured by giving them break in some web series or short stories. These actors were called for auditions and were asked to give 'bold' scenes, which later turned out to be semi-nude or nude scenes, which were allegedly against the wishes of the actors.

The Malwani police have filed FIRs on the basis of complaints received from women, while another one woman had submitted a complaint at the Lonavla police station in Mumbai.

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The Mumbai crime branch has also started investigation into the pornography case after some victims approached the Malwani police station in February 2021.

During the investigation, it was known that there were many porn-related apps which were operating in the cyber world.

The police have arrested producer Roma Khan, her husband, actress Gehana Vashishth, director Tanveer Hashmi and Umesh Kamath (who used to look after India operations of Kundra's firm).

So far, 11 persons have been arrested in the case.

Raj Kundra was arrested by the crime branch on July 19. The 45-year-old businessman, who was on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days, earned at least Rs 1.17 crore between August and December last year from his business of production and online distribution of porn films, the police had told a magistrate's court.

Kundra has contended that the films made by him, which the police claimed to be pornographic, did not depict direct or explicit sexual acts. PTI inputs

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