Actress Shilpa Shetty has been making headlines foe a few weeks now after she and her husband Raj Kundra were embroiled in a Rs 60 crore cheating case. In an latest update, the actress, on Thursday told the Bombay High Court, that she wishes to withdraw her application seeking permission to travel abroad since the plans did not materialise.
Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra cancel foreign trip
Shetty`s advocate Niranjan Mundargi told the bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad that the actor was withdrawing her application. He said, “As and when she and her husband desire to travel in future, they will file a fresh application seeking permission from the court. She (Shetty) is not pressing the present application.”
For the unversed, a complaint was lodged against the couple by one Deepak Kothari, who alleged that from 2015 to 2023, they had induced him to invest Rs 60 crore in their company named Best Deal TV Pvt Ltd, but used the amount for their own personal benefits.
The couple had filed a petition in the HC seeking suspension of the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against them at the behest of the city police`s Economic Offences Wing (EOW), which is probing the case. They sought permission to travel abroad for their professional commitments and one leisure trip between October and January 2026.
On Thursday, the court accepted the actor`s withdrawal and posted the couple`s plea seeking suspension of the LOC for hearing on November 17. During the earlier hearings, the court had said that it cannot allow leisure trips when the duo is accused in a cheating and fraud case and had said it would consider their plea only if they are willing to deposit the Rs 60 crore.
Shetty had sought to travel to the United States as she had been invited to attend an event there in October last week. The bench had then asked her to submit the agreement or invitation received by her.
EOW to question Raj Kundra`s CA
Meanwhile, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police is set to question the Chartered Accountant of businessman Raj Kundra in connection with an ongoing financial investigation. The EOW is reportedly preparing to intensify its investigation against Raj Kundra and actress Shilpa Shetty in the Rs 60 crore fraud case filed by a city-based businessman.
According to sources, the EOW doubts that the CA may have handled or may have been aware of key financial transactions related to the case. The officers allegedly aim to trace the money trail and also verify the authenticity of certain documents submitted by Kundra’s firms.
(With inputs from ANI)
