Shilpa Shetty: shilpa shetty and raj Kundra are in trouble; accused of fraud of Rs 60.4 crore, EOW registered a case.
Shilpa Shetty-Raj Kundra: Now, a case of fraud has been registered against actress shilpa Shetty. This time, a case has been registered against both shilpa and her husband, raj Kundra, for fraud of more than Rs 60 crore.
Bollywood actress shilpa shetty and her husband raj Kundra are once again in trouble. Shilpa and raj Kundra, along with an unknown person, have been accused of fraud of Rs 60 crore. In this regard, the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) has registered a case against shilpa shetty and raj Kundra for cheating a Mumbai businessman of Rs 60.4 crore.
This fraud was done about a loan-cum-investment deal involving their now-defunct company, Best Deal tv Private Limited. Due to this, a case was registered against the actress and her husband under sections of fraud and forgery at Juhu police station. However, since the amount involved is more than Rs 10 crore, the case was transferred to the EOW. The case has been registered after a preliminary inquiry into a complaint filed by deepak Kothari. Deepak Kothari is a Juhu resident and director of lotus Capital Financial Services, an NBFC.
However, shilpa shetty and raj Kundra's lawyer has dismissed these allegations as baseless. The lawyer said that this is a baseless and malicious case aimed at defaming his clients. He also said that appropriate action is being initiated against the culprits.
Complainant deepak Kothari said that a person named Rajesh arya introduced him to raj Kundra and shilpa shetty, who were directors of home shopping and online retail platform Best Deal tv Private Limited. At that time, shilpa and raj Kundra allegedly held 87.6% shares of the company. The accused allegedly sought a loan of Rs 75 crore at 12 per cent interest, but later convinced him to invest the money to avoid higher taxation, and assured him monthly returns and principal.
The complainant claimed that he transferred Rs 31.9 crore under a share subscription agreement in april 2015 and Rs 28.53 crore under a supplementary agreement in september 2015. The FIR states that despite giving a personal guarantee in april 2016, shilpa shetty resigned as director in september 2016. Kothari later found out that bankruptcy proceedings were underway against the company for defaulting on another agreement in 2017. The entire matter is currently under investigation.
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