The company's IT head was also arrested after Raj Kundra in a porn film racket

Both were remanded in police custody till July 23

The actress had a bold scene under the pretext of auditioning

Mumbai: Ryan Thorpe, the company's IT head, has been arrested by the police after Raj Kundra, the husband of famous actress Shilpa Shetty, was arrested in a pornography racket. Both were produced in court today. The court ordered him to remain in police custody until July 23.

On the other hand, the police today gave information about how a pornographic film was made and went viral on social media. It is noteworthy that Raj Kundra had earlier claimed that he had left the company which was accused of pornography. More accused are likely to be arrested in the case. Last February, a racket to make a pornographic film was reported during a police raid on a bungalow in Malad's Madh complex.

Earlier, police had come to know about the involvement of actress Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra in the case. The Mumbai Crime Branch team interrogated Raj Kundra for hours yesterday. He was finally arrested at night. Then his company's IT head Ryan Thorpe was also arrested today.

Mumbai police, while giving information about the modus operandi of the accused, said that the female actor, who was dreaming of working in films, was contacted on the phone. He was auditioned on the pretext of working in a web series and film. They had semi-nude and nude scenes being shot under the name of Bald Scene.

This was opposed by some actresses. He also complained to the police. It was made into short clips, short films and sold to websites and mobile apps. Earlier, several accused, including a filmmaker, were arrested in the case.

Accused Umesh Kamat was overseeing the work of Kundra's company in India. Kundra's company was affiliated with a London-based company. Kundra is said to be in charge of the company. The company had an app. Content and app operations were reported to be carried out by Kundra's company despite being a London-based company.

Police found important evidence during a search operation in the office. Five cases have been filed in the case of pornography. One case was registered in Cyber ​​Cell, two in Malvani Police Station, one in Crime Branch and two in Lonavla Police Station. Investigations are underway to find out if such crimes are still taking place in some applications. So far, Rs 7.5 crore has been frozen in bank accounts.

Information from Kundra's WhatsApp chat: Millions earned daily

Police have found important information in the case from Raj Kundra's WhatsApp chat, which was caught in a pornography case. It was learned from the chat that Kundra was earning millions of rupees every day from pornographic films.

Actress Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra created the WhatsApp group. He was the admin of the group. Apart from Raj, the group included Pradeep Bakshi and others. The WhatsApp chat was from October, 2020. The app earned Rs 1.85 lakh per day from shows and Rs 4.53 lakh from films. Hatshots containing pornographic content had 2 million subscribers.

There was a discussion in the WhatsApp chat that artist Priya Sengupta did not get the money as soon as possible. In addition, 81 artists complained that they did not receive their money on time.

Shilpa Shetty is also likely to be questioned in a pornography case

Actress Shilpa Shetty is said to be under investigation after her husband Raj Kundra was arrested in a scandalous case of making a pornographic film. So now Shilpa Shetty may also be questioned by the police.

Shilpa Shetty is a partner in the company of businessman husband Raj Kundra. Shilpa Shetty was aware of the pornography racket. Police are investigating. So maybe now the police can send a summons to Shilpa Shetty for questioning. However, Shilpa Shetty's involvement in the crime has not been reported yet. The police are investigating everything.

Actress charged after Raj Kundra's arrest

I was asked for a nude audition for the web series

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty's husband and businessman Raj Kundra was recently arrested in a porn film racket case. After Kundra's arrest, an actress named Sagarika Sona Suman spoke of a bitter experience that befell her.

The actress alleged that in August, 2020, she was offered a job in a web series in which she was asked to audition nude. Sagarika Sum accused that there is a big racket of porn movies in which big people are involved. Expressing his experience, he said that during the lockdown, in August, 2020, he was appointed as the MD of Raj Kundra's company. Umesh Kamat's phone rang.

At this point I decided to audition online. I joined a video call agreeing. There were three people in the video call at the time. One of them had his face covered.

This time I was asked to audition nude online. I was shocked by this strange demand and I cut the call. Sum also alleged that the person whose face was covered could be Kundra so the matter should be further investigated and the entire racket exposed.