In a piece of shocking news, businessman Raj Kundra, who is Bollywood actress and fitness enthusiast Shilpa Shetty’s husband, was sent to judicial custody on Tuesday. Kundra is among 11 others who have been accused of allegedly creating pornographic films and publishing them on mobile applications. A few hours ago, several photos of Kundra had surfaced online outside the Byculla Jail in Mumbai. He will be in police custody till July 23.
Amidst the controversy, Kangana Ranaut, who is known to rarely mince her words when it comes to any celebrity news, shared a report by a leading online website on Raj Kundra’s arrest. The actress, on her Instagram Stories, called the film industry a “gutter” and revealed that the tinsel town is not all glittery as gold. She added that in her upcoming production, Tiku Weds Sheru, she will expose the “underbelly of Bullywood”.
“This is why I call movie industry a gutter… all that glitter is not gold, I am going to expose under belly of Bullywood in my upcoming production called Tiku weds Sheru..we need strong value system and conscience in the creative industry and of course a whip (sic).., ” she wrote.
Kangana’s production house Manikarnika Films will produce Tiku Weds Sheru, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and will be directed by Sai Kabir. The actress recently finished the shoot of Dhaakad‘s Budapest schedule. The film also stars Arjun Rampal and Saswata Chatterjee. Besides this, the actress also has Tejas, in which she will play the role of a pilot, and J Jayalalithaa biopic, titled Thalaivi.
Meanwhile, Raj Kundra was arrested on Monday night after an FIR was filed against him and others in February 2021. A second complaint was lodged with Mumbai Police, calling Kundra the “key conspirator” in the case. Confirming Kundra’s arrest, Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale had confirmed and said in a statement, “There was a case registered with Crime Branch Mumbai in February 2021 about the creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some Apps. We’ve arrested Mr Raj Kundra in this case on 19/7/21 as he appears to be the key conspirator of this.”
As per reports, several Whatsapp chats between Kundra and his partners had surfaced that linked to the ongoing case, which turned out to be the “key evidence”.
Both Raj and his partner Ryan Tharp were produced at the Esplanade Court today and after the hearing, they had been asked to remain in police custody.
Raj Kundra’s lawyer Adv Abad Ponda argued in court over the businessman’s arrest. As per Mirror Now, he said, “Policy custody should be an exception and not a norm. Arrest should be made only when the investigation cannot move further without the arrest. In this case, the accused was made to sign the notice of CrPC 41, to join the investigation once he was arrested. The arrest wasn’t made as per law. The IT act sections can’t be read with IPC sections (cited past precedents). But here police has done this. Section 67 A of IT act talks about sexually explicit acts. Only the actual ‘act of coitus’ actual intercourse can be considered porn. Rest all is just vulgar content. Police is following what web series these days show, vulgar content. But that’s not really porn. Nothing in this remand shows that two people actually indulged in act of intercourse. If it’s not actual intercourse, it’s not porn
