Mumbai's crime branch arrests four accused in pornography case involving Raj Kundra

Mumbai, February 22: The property cell of Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested four persons including a casting director, accused in connection with a pornography case involving Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, said police on Tuesday. Police had arrested one accused from Versova and three were arrested from Borivali.

The accused were identified as Naresh Kumar Ramavatar Pal (29), Salim Gulab Sayyed (30), Abdul Gulab Sayed (24) and Aman Subhash Barnawar (22). Crime Branch said that all the four accused were on the run since the registration of the case.

Police added, "One of the arrested accused is a casting director, while the other three are his associates. These accused are accused of forcing the models to shoot porn films."

Crime Branch received information that Naresh Kumar was hiding in Goa. The Police received the tip-off about his arrival in Versova, after which police laid a trap and arrested the accused from the Versova area of Mumbai.

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In December 2021, the Supreme Court granted 4 weeks' protection from arrest to actor Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra in connection with one of the cases involving allegations of producing and streaming pornographic content. On September 20, 2021, Raj Kundra was granted bail by a Mumbai Court in the pornography case on a surety of Rs 50,000.

Kundra was arrested on July 19, along with 11 others, on charges related to the alleged creation of pornographic films. Allegations were levelled against Kundra for allegedly producing and distributing porn films using a subscriber-driven mobile app called 'Hotshots'. Kundra has refuted all charges levelled against him, by saying that he has been falsely implicated.