Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra are once again in the news. Actually, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra have approached the Bombay High Court against the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) notice to vacate their property in the money laundering case.
A hearing will be held under a money laundering case
Let us tell you that Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra approached the court against the notice issued by the ED under the money laundering case, in which they were asked to immediately vacate the house and farmhouse in which they were living. A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prithviraj Chauhan heard the petition on Wednesday. He said that this matter had nothing to do with their house. The notice issued by the ED on September 27 was received by Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra on October 3. The notice has been directed to vacate both premises within 10 days of receiving the notice.
The matter will be heard on October 10
According to the petitions, there is no urgent need for the petitioners to vacate their premises, and issuing such eviction notices is unnecessary. The petitions said, "The petitioners are requesting relief on humanitarian grounds as the premises mentioned in the notice is their residential premises in which they have been living with six members of their family for almost two decades". The petitions have also requested the High Court to stay the eviction notices. The matter will be heard on October 10.
What is the matter
A Mumbai-based company called Variable Private Limited ran the Gain Bitcoin Ponzi scheme in 2017. As a part of this, they collected Rs 6,600 crore from innocent people in Mumbai and Delhi through the multi-level marketing (MLM) method, hoping that if they invested in bitcoin they would get 10 percent profit per month. After this fraud came to light, the ED started its investigation on the basis of several FIRs registered by Maharashtra Police and Delhi Police against Variable Tech Private Limited, late Amit Bhardwaj, Ajay Bhardwaj, Vivek Bhardwaj, Simpy Bhardwaj, Mahendra Bhardwaj and several marketing agents.
Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra got notice in April 2024
In April 2024, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra received a notice based on the ED order mentioning the provisional attachment of their properties, including their residential complex in Juhu, which was bought by Raj Kundra's father in 2009. Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra submitted their responses to the notice.
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