शिल्पा के घर रेड की खबरों पर वकील का बयान: कहा-किसी भी तरह की इनकम टैक्स की कार्रवाई नहीं हुई, यह सिर्फ रूटीन चेकिंग थी

The news of income tax raid on actress Shilpa Shetty’s house in Mumbai in an alleged fraud of Rs 60 crore came to light on Thursday. However, Shilpa’s legal team refuted these claims and said that there has been no income tax raid on the actress’s house.

On Thursday, Shilpa’s lawyer Prashant Patil issued a statement saying, “On behalf of my client Shilpa Shetty Kundra, I want to make it clear that no income tax raid has been conducted against her. The income tax officer had only come for a routine checking.”

He further said that legal action will be taken against those who are deliberately claiming that this investigation is related to an alleged Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) case.

This statement came after reports claimed that income tax action was being taken against companies linked to Shilpa and her husband Raj in many cities including Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune. It was also said in some reports that this matter is related to Shilpa’s restaurant brand Bastian.

Let us tell you that Bengaluru Police had recently taken action against two pubs, including ‘Bastian Garden City’ co-owned by Shilpa. They are accused of remaining open beyond the stipulated time. Bastian Pub was started by Bastian Hospitality, a company run by businessman Ranjit Bindra. The actress had bought 50 percent stake in this business in the year 2019.

Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty were married in 2009.

Both Shilpa and Raj Kundra are under investigation

Raj and Shilpa are being investigated in the alleged fraud of Rs 60 crore. This case is being investigated by the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police.

According to the report of Hindustan Times, regarding the matter, the police said on Wednesday that now a case of criminal breach of trust as well as fraud has been registered against this high-profile couple.

According to an officer, earlier this case was registered under section 406 of IPC (punishment for criminal breach of trust). After investigation, Section 420 (charge of obtaining property by fraud and dishonesty) has also been added to it.

The case was registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) because the complaint and the alleged incident occurred before the implementation of the Indian Penal Code (BNS).

The couple called the allegations baseless

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Raj and Shilpa had issued a statement calling the allegations against them baseless and malicious.

Raj Kundra had said in his statement on social media platform

The statement further said that he has cooperated fully in the investigation and is confident that justice will be done. He also appealed to the media that the matter is pending in the court, hence patience should be exercised.

Shilpa Shetty also shared this statement on her Instagram story.

Let us tell you that in this case, Raj Kundra appeared before the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) on 15 September 2025. Where he was interrogated for about five hours. At the same time, in October 2025, Shilpa Shetty was interrogated for more than four hours.

A Look Out Circular (LOC) was also issued against the couple to stop them from traveling abroad. Bombay High Court directed to deposit Rs 60 crore or give bank guarantee for the stay on LOC.

What is the case of fraud of Rs 60 crore?

In August 2025, Deepak Kothari, a Mumbai businessman, had filed a complaint against Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra alleging fraud of Rs 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 give loan to Shilpa and Raj Kundra’s company. A loan of Rs 75 crore was sought for the company, on which interest was fixed at 12% per annum.

Copy of the FIR of the case registered against Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra.

In the case, Deepak Kothari alleges that later Shilpa and Kundra told him that there may be tax problems on the loan, hence they show it as an investment and will give returns every month. In April 2015, Kothari made the first payment of about Rs 31.95 crore. As tax issues continued, a second deal was struck in September and between July 2015 and March 2016, he transferred another Rs 28.54 crore.

In total he gave Rs 60.48 crore, also paid Rs 3.19 lakh as stamp duty. Kothari claims that Shilpa had given him a personal guarantee in April 2016, but in September the same year, she resigned from the post of director of the company.

After this, a case of non-payment of loan of Rs 1.28 crore came to light against Shilpa’s company. Kothari had no knowledge of this. He asked for his money back several times, but did not receive any response or money.

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