Businessman Raj Kundra has been summoned by the probe agency tomorrow in a pornography case

Raj Kundra has been asked to report to the ED office tomorrow at 11 am, sources said. (File)

Businessman Raj Kundra has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning, sources said, two days after his home and offices were raided in a money laundering probe linked to the pornography case against him. Mr. Kundra has been asked to report to the ED office tomorrow at 11 am, they added.

Mr Kundra is being investigated for producing and distributing pornographic content through a mobile app called ‘Hotshots’. ED alleges that these explicit videos were monetized and the funds were diverted abroad. As part of the probe, the ED on Friday raided his 15 locations in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh, including his Juhu house.

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The “Hotshots” app has been removed from Google Play and the Apple Store after a public and legal review. The country’s central agency investigating financial crimes claims the app’s operations were handled by Kundra’s company, Armsprime Media Pvt Ltd.

The company later facilitated the sale of the app to UK-based Kenrin Pvt Ltd, the ED alleged, adding that it has Mr. Kundra’s WhatsApp chats as evidence of financial transactions with Kenrin, as well as the sale of 119 adult films for 1, 2 million dollars.

The app allegedly lured aspiring actors for web series auditions and then forced them to film semi-nude and nude scenes against their will.

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The ED is also probing Mr. Kundra’s alleged involvement in a crypto-ponzi scheme by Amit Bhardwaj, the mastermind behind the Gain Bitcoin scam. His and his actor wife Shilpa Shetty’s properties worth Rs 98 crore were attached by the ED earlier this year over allegations that they had derived income from illegal activities.

However, Mr. Kundra claims that his wife is not connected to the pornography and money laundering cases. In a scathing post on Friday, he said it was unacceptable to “pull my wife’s name on unrelated matters” and that he needed to respect boundaries.

Ms Shetty’s lawyer also trashed media reports that she was searched and clarified that she had “nothing to do with any crime”.