Shilpa Shetty summoned: EOW questioned the actress for 4.5 hours, including husband Raj Kundra also recorded

Digital Desk

The EOW (Economic Offenses Wing) team has interrogated Shilpa Shetty in a fraud case involving ₹60 crore. The EOW team questioned the actress for about 4 and a half hours. Apart from her, a statement from Shilpa's husband Raj Kundra has also been recorded. His name is also mentioned in the complaint.

Officials have taken statements from 5 people, including Shilpa and Raj Kundra. Information about the entire transaction was sought from them. This interrogation took place at Shilpa Shetty's Mumbai residence. Currently, the investigation team is extracting details of the company with which Shilpa and Raj were associated at that time.

Raj was also interrogated last week in the same case. During this, he had stated that the amount given to Best Deal by Deepak Kothari had been paid to Bipasha Basu, Neha Dhupia, and producer Ekta Kapoor as professional fees.

In August, Mumbai businessman Deepak Kothari filed a complaint against Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra, accusing them of fraud worth ₹60 crore. According to Deepak Kothari, he met Shilpa and Kundra in 2015 through agent Rajesh Arya. At that time, both were directors of Best Deal TV, and Shilpa held more than 87% shares of the company.

According to the complaint, it was decided in a meeting that Deepak would provide a loan to Shilpa and Raj Kundra's company. A loan of ₹75 crore was requested for the company, with an annual interest rate of 12% agreed upon.

Deepak Kothari alleges that Shilpa and Kundra later told him that there could be tax issues with the loan, so they would show it as an investment and give returns every month. In April 2015, Kothari made the first payment of approximately ₹31.95 crore. As tax-related problems persisted, a second deal was made in September, and between July 2015 and March 2016, he transferred an additional ₹28.54 crore.

In total, he paid ₹60.48 crore, along with ₹3.19 lakh as stamp duty. Kothari claims that in April 2016, Shilpa also gave him a personal guarantee, but in September of the same year, she resigned from the company's director position.

Shilpa's company faced a case for not repaying a debt of ₹1.28 crore. Kothari had no knowledge of this. He repeatedly asked for his money back, but received no response or money.

Initially, the case was registered at Juhu Police Station under fraud and forgery. Since the amount was more than ₹10 crore, the investigation has been handed over to the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW). EOW is investigating this case.