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Actress Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra approached the High Court seeking to quash a case filed in connection with an alleged fraud of approximately 60 crore rupees. Actress Shilpa Shetty is being investigated by the Economic Offenses Wing. However, as she needs to go abroad for an event, she has approached the court again. It is important to see whether the court will grant permission to go abroad. In addition to the demand to quash the case, the couple has also requested an order to prevent the police from filing a charge sheet and to refrain from taking any harsh action against them until the matter is sub judice. The petitions of Shilpa and Raj came up for hearing on Monday before the bench of Chief Justice Shri Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad. At that time, the court ordered that a copy of the petition be given to the original complainant Deepak Kothari, and the hearing of the case is scheduled for today.
What is the case?
Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty were directors of the online shopping company 'Best Deal TV Private Limited'. Between 2015 and 2023, the complainant businessman Deepak Kothari invested 60 crore 48 lakh rupees in this company. 87.6 percent of the shares were in the names of these two in the company. Under the 'Share Subscription Agreement', Kothari invested 31.9 crore rupees in April 2015. Subsequently, under the extended agreement, another 28.53 crore rupees were transferred in September 2015. However, Kothari has alleged in a complaint filed with the police that Shilpa and Raj used this amount for personal expenses.
The Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing has initiated an investigation against actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra under allegations of a 60 crore rupee fraud. This investigation began following a complaint from a director of a private financial institution, alleging that money was defrauded in exchange for investment in the 'Best Deal TV' company in 2016. Shilpa Shetty has been questioned for over 5 hours, and it has been revealed that her husband Raj Kundra and her company's bank accounts are linked to this case.