Raj Kundra Claims His Innocence & Says He's Being Framed; No Clean Chit Yet To Shilpa Shetty

Strong reports suggest that the Mumbai crime branch has appointed forensic auditors to look into businessman Raj Kundra's financial transactions and bank accounts.?Kundra was arrested in an adult films case on Tuesday.?

According to reports, Bollywood actor, businesswoman, and Kundra's wife Shilpa Shetty is yet to receive a clean chit.

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The bank accounts under the lens include one joint account of Kundra's Viaan Industries, a company at the center of the alleged porn racket, and were Shilpa Shetty was a director, the official said.?

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He added that there are some bank accounts of Kundra in which money was deposited from overseas.

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So far, investigators have not found a flow of money into any of the bank accounts operated by Shilpa Shetty from those which are under the lens, the official said.?

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“But as this is a part of the investigation and analysis of accounts is on, there is no clean chit yet for Shetty,” he maintained.“We have nothing to do with any personal bank account,” the official said.?

Kundra spoke about his arrest at the court premises to Peeping Moon. Claiming his innocence, he was quoted in the report as saying,

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“I am being framed I did nothing wrong. My bank accounts have been frozen so I could not take bail. Mumbai Police trapping me in a larger conspiracy which I am not the part of.”

The crime branch arrested Kundra on July 19 for being the 'co-conspirator' for an alleged porn scam and publishing them through apps.?

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Reports have confirmed that the 45-year-old businessman earned at least Rs 1.17 crore between August and December last year from his production and online distribution of porn films. The police told a magistrate's court earlier in the day.?

(With PTI inputs)