According to a statement by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, Raj Kundra ‘appears to be the main conspirator’ in a case to do with the creation and publishing of pornographic films via apps. The reports were published to share that police have arrested Mr Raj Kundra in this case on 19/7/21 as he appears to be the key conspirator of this. The police sats they have sufficient evidence regarding this. The investigation is in progress.
The case details are as follows: Cr No 103/2021, u/s 292, 293, 420, 34 Indian Penal Code, u/s 67, 67A Information Technology Act, u/s 2(g), 3, 4, 6, 7 Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, registered at Malwani police station on 4 February 2021.
In June this year, Kundra had filed for an anticipatory bail plea in an obscenity case, which was being probed by the cyber crime cell. That case had pertained to an FIR registered against 14 OTT platforms and web portals for obscene content in November 2020. A retired customs official had filed the complaint on the basis of which FIR was registered and summons was issued to heads of these platforms as well.
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