Maharashtra’s Malwani police register fresh FIR in porn filming racket

The producers were booked for cheating a Mumbai-based model who, in her complaint to the police, said that she was promised a “break” in a big-budget Hindi film, but was made to act in adult movies

The Malwani police in Mumbai on Tuesday registered a first information report (FIR) against four film producers, including actor Gehana Vasisth, in connection with alleged pornographic films they produced for “Hotshots” app, purportedly owned and controlled by actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra.

The property cell of the Mumbai crime branch, on July 19, arrested Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe in connection with the pornographic films racket that the cell busted in February 2021. (PTI)

According to the police, the producers were booked for cheating a Mumbai-based model who, in her complaint to the police, said that she was promised a “break” in a big-budget Hindi film, but was made to act in adult movies.

The Malwani police said the model had approached the crime branch with her complaint. However, since the “crime” was committed in Aksa beach area, which is under the jurisdiction of Malwani police, she was asked to lodge the complaint at the local police station.

The FIR will now be transferred to the Mumbai crime branch, which is already investigating a similar case involving Kundra, Vasisth and others.

“We have recorded the complainant’s statement and will be forwarding the FIR to the crime branch,” said a police officer from Malwani police station.

In a separate case, the property cell of the Mumbai crime branch, on July 19, arrested Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe in connection with the pornographic films racket that the cell busted in February 2021. A metropolitan magistrate court has remanded both of them to judicial custody for 14 days.