Mumbai: Sources have revealed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) may also take action against businessman Raj Kundra, who is currently in police custody in a case related to the alleged production and distribution of pornographic films through apps. The ED can also file a case against Raj Kundra under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and Foreign Exchange Management Act, said sources adding that the bank accounts of Raj Kundra's wife Shilpa Shetty will also be scanned by the Mumbai Police.
Mumbai Police can ask the law enforcement agency to probe the financial irregularities in the case as the regulations of the foreign transaction were also violated. Sources said that ED will take a copy of the FIR from the Mumbai Police after registering a case and it will issue summons against Kundra under money laundering and FEMA Act.
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Police have also received information about a joint account of Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra with the Punjab National Bank as it believes that money received from the Hotshots app was deposited in this account. The account shows several transactions in the last one year, sources stated.
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On July 23, police grilled Shilpa Shetty for hours at her home over this account, they added. Meanwhile, Tanveer Hashmi, one of the accused in the case, told police that the movies he and Kundra made were not pornographic but erotic. He also told police that he had never met Raj Kundra and was not working for him directly. "We created content for Raj Kundra's app. These videos can be considered in the category of erotic content," he said.
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