The Economic Offences Wing questioned actress Shilpa Shetty for about four and a half hours in connection with a INR 60 crore fraud case involving a businessman. Shilpa claimed that she was not the beneficiary in this case. Interestingly, this investigation was conducted at Shilpa Shetty's residence.
On August 14, the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police registered a case against actress Shilpa Shetty's husband and film producer Raj Kundra for allegedly cheating businessman Deepak Kothari of INR 60.48 crore. It was reported that Raj Kundra had transferred INR 15 crore out of this INR 60 crore to the bank account of his wife and actress Shilpa Shetty's company. On October 4, Shilpa Shetty was questioned at her home. Raj Kundra was also present at the house at that time.
What was the investigation into?
During the investigation, Shilpa was asked several questions related to the fraud, including the INR 15 crore transaction sent by Raj Kundra to her advertising company's bank account. However, Shilpa has claimed that no money was transferred to her company's account. She has also provided some documents to the Economic Offences Wing during the investigation, which is being verified.
Raj Kundra questioned for the second time
Raj Kundra was summoned to appear for questioning again on Monday. However, on his request, he was also questioned for about 4 hours on the same day. Raj Kundra had submitted some documents in this case. They were verified and questioned based on the new evidence.
Statements of 5 people
The statement of the son of complainant Deepak Kothari has also been recorded in this case. Kothari's son was a director of the company Best Deal TV Private Limited. So far, statements of a total of 5 people, including Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra, and resolution professional Rajendra Bhutta, have been recorded in this case. Soon, 4 to 5 more employees working at Best Deal TV will be questioned.
What is the case?
Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty were directors of the online shopping platform ‘Best Deal TV Private Limited’. The plaintiff, businessman Deepak Kothari, had invested INR 60 crore 48 lakh in this company between 2015 and 2023. 87.6% of the shares in this company were in the names of these two, Deepak Kothari invested INR 31.9 crore in the company under a 'Share Subscription Agreement' in April 2015. Then, in September 2015, another INR 28.53 crore was transferred under the Supplementary Agreement. However, Kothari has alleged in his complaint that Shilpa and Raj used this amount for personal expenses.
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