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Shilpa Shetty breaks silence about Hotshots app in Raj Kundra porn films case, check details inside

Meanwhile, after recording Shilpa Shetty's statement, the Crime Branch officials escorted Raj Kundra back to the Byculla police station on Friday.

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Businessman Raj Kundra and his IT head Ryan Thorpe will remain in police custody till July 27, a magistrate in Mumbai ruled on Friday. The day was also marked by much drama at the Juhu residence of Kundra and his wife, actress and businesswoman Shilpa Shetty after Crime Branch sleuths came calling.

They reportedly questioned Shetty over whether she had any knowledge of her husband's alleged involvement in the production of pornographic content. Though the Crime Branch did not make any statement on the visit by its officials to the Kundra-Shetty home, sources said that they believe that the money allegedly earned by Kundra from pornography was used for online betting. The Crime Branch is believed to be investigating the money trail.

Now, as per Mumbai Police sources quoted by news agency ANI, Shilpa has said in her statement to the crime branch that her husband Raj Kundra is innocent. About her knowledge of the contents of the Hotshots app, Shilpa reportedly said she wasn't aware of it and has nothing to do with Hotshots while adding that her husband Raj Kundra was not involved in porn. 

"Shilpa Shetty said that she wasn't aware of the exact content of HotShots. She claimed that she has nothing to do with HotShots. She mentioned that erotica is different from porn & her husband Raj Kundra wasn't involved in producing porn content: Mumbai Police Sources," read ANI's tweet. 

A separate tweet read, "Shilpa Shetty said that it was London-based wanted accused and Raj Kundra's brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi who was involved with the app and its functioning. Shilpa claimed that her husband is innocent: Mumbai Police Sources."

Meanwhile, after reportedly recording Shetty's statement and collecting documents related to the case, the Crime Branch officials escorted Kundra back to the Byculla police station. There was no statement from the couple or their lawyers regarding the activities at their home on Friday.

Kundra, meanwhile, has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the police remand and the cases against him.

"Without following the due process of law under the provisions of Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, as mandated by the Supreme Court from time to time, police arrested Kundra by calling him under the grab of recording a statement," the businessman's plea states.

The Mumbai Police have thus far arrested 10 people along with Kundra for their alleged involvement in the production of porn films and circulating them through mobile apps. The case was registered with the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police in February this year.

Kundra is alleged to have had a tie-up with a London-based firm involved in streaming pornographic content through Hotshots, a mobile app.

The businessman has been charged under Sections 354(C) (voyeurism), 292 (sale of obscene content) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 67 and 67A (transmission of sexually explicit material) of the Information Technology Act, as well as the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.

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