In a new development, four employees of businessman Raj Kundra, have turned witnesses in the case involving the production of pornographic content and uploading it via the app. The employees told police that they were asked to delete clips, reports said.
Reports said that Kundra’s employees have also confirmed that the clips were uploaded from HotShots, the businessman’s controversial app that the police believe was used for streaming porn.
Police said the app was removed from the Google Play Store for Android phones and Apple’s App Store, so the accused activated Plan B and launched another app, Bollyfame.
His wife Shilpa Shetty had told police that she was unaware of the exact nature of the content on the mobile app via which Raj Kundra is accused of streaming pornographic content. She also underlined the difference between porn and erotica and said her husband was not involved in producing pornographic content.
Raj Kundra, 45 was arrested on July 19 by Mumbai Police. A magistrate’s court sent him to police custody till July 27. A day after his arrest, a lot of data was deleted from the records, said police.
Kundra has been booked under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292, and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays) besides relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
During the investigation, it was revealed that the company named Armsprime had prepared the app hotshots for Kenrin and there were other individual apps too. Before the Mumbai crime branch took over the case, there was a complaint with Maharashtra Cyber about the racket, said Mr. Bharambe.
FIRs were registered against Kundra after two women approached the Malwani police station and made certain allegations that they were asked to give bold scenes in the lure of a break in some web series or short stories.
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