Overview
- A Bombay High Court bench said it would consider Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra’s request to travel abroad only after a ₹60 crore deposit, with their Look Out Circular left unchanged and the case adjourned to October 14.
- Counsel was asked to submit formal invitations and purpose details for the proposed foreign events before the next hearing.
- Raj Kundra disputed reports of a deposit directive, saying the court only sought travel particulars and set the matter for October 14.
- Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing has recorded five statements, including those of Shetty and Kundra, and questioned Shetty for over four hours at her residence while collecting documents now under verification.
- The FIR, based on businessman Deepak Kothari’s complaint, alleges transfers of ₹31.95 crore and ₹28.53 crore into Best Deal TV in 2015, with the couple booked under sections 403, 406 and 34; Shetty has told investigators she resigned in 2016 and acted as a paid celebrity.