MUMBAI: In another instance of the prevailing porn racket in Mumbai, a model Namrata Sharma Singh today alleged that a casting director from the suburbs approached her two weeks earlier with an offer of a web series.

“Since he told me it was a big budget production and I would be paid very well on an episode basis, I sent him my photographs and other details. After two days of dillydallying he told me that it was for a soft-porn or erotic web series, which would be streamed on an OTT APP. I flatly refused to do such shoots and told him I was not interested,” Namrata said.

“After 2-3 days, yet another casting director approached me with a similar offer. I think both of them were connected or were working and casting for the same project. This time, this chap told me right at the start that it was for a porn or erotic project and I would be required to shoot in the nude along with male co-actors. He offered me Rs 2 lakh per episode. I flatly refused and told him never to call me again,” Namrata told this website.

She claimed that she knows of several models who do such shoots and web series for the money. Some of them get paid Rs 50,000 to Rs 70,000 per episode or per day, which is good money. There are more than 200 models in Mumbai involved in the soft porn and hard core porn business in Mumbai itself, Namrata said.

Last week the Mumbai Police busted yet one more porn film racket from the Charkop area of Kandivali (West) and arrested one person, while three others including a woman are on the run and absconding.

The accused woman in the Charkop case had been arrested in 2021 by the Property Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch in a similar porn racket and was behind bars for nearly four months before getting bail.

MUMBAI, (ANI): As part of its ongoing probe into the horrific Shraddha Murder case, the Delhi police team on Sunday recorded the statement of the secretary of a housing society where the accused Aftab Amin Poonawalla lived with his family.

According to official sources, the Delhi police team recorded the statement of Abdullah Khan, the secretary of the Unique Park Housing Society of Vasai area of Palghar district, for more than an hour on Sunday.

“The police questioned Khan for more than an hour, and recorded his statement in connection to the Shraddha murder case,” said official sources with Manikpur police. In his statement, Khan told the police that Aftab’s family had vacated their house about 20 days ago, and have rented it out.

Khan however said that he has no idea about where Aftab’s family went, and also shared their contact number, which was found switched off, they added. Delhi police have called many people including friends and relatives of Shraddha and Aftab in connection to the case and their statements were being recorded, said sources.

The accused, Aftab, lived with Shraddha in three apartments including Kenny Apartment, Regal Apartment, and White Hills Apartment in different areas of Mumbai, they said.

A team of Delhi police has camped in Vasai area of Maharashtra since Friday to probe the Shraddha Murder case, in which her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawala had strangulated Walker to death allegedly and chopped her body into 35 pieces, dumped it in the Chhatarpur area of the national capital.

Earlier on Saturday, the police team recorded statements of Shraddha’s best friend Shivani Mhatre and Karan Behri, former manager of Shraddha. Sources said Delhi Police will also use the WhatsApp chats of Shivani Mhatre and Karan Behri as evidence.

Delhi Police has so far recorded the statement of a total of six people in this case including Shraddha’s close friend Laxman Nadar and Rahul Godwin, the owner of the flat where Shraddha and Aftab used to live before micing to Delhi.

Delhi Police last week solved the six-month-old blind murder case and arrested Aftab Amin Poonawalla on the basis of Shraddha’s father’s complaint. Aftab and Shraddha met on a dating site and later moved in together at a rented accommodation in Chhatarpur. Delhi police received a complaint from Shraddha’s father and registered an FIR on November 10.

Delhi Police interrogation revealed that Aftab Poonawala killed Shraddha on May 18 and later started planning for disposing of her body. He told police that he had read about human anatomy so that it could help him in chopping off the body. Police said that Aftab, after searching on Google, cleaned blood stained from the floor with some chemicals and disposed of stained clothes.

He shifted the body in bathroom and bought a refrigerator from a nearby shop. Later, he chopped the body into small pieces and put them in the fridge.

Meanwhile, a Delhi court has ordered Rohini Forensic Science Lab to conduct a narco test of accused Aftab Poonawala within five days in the Shraddha Walker murder case. (ANI)

MUMBAI: In another expose, after she blew the lid off Raj Kundra’s ownership of HotShots and his porn business, Sagarika Shona Suman told IndyaTV.in that Vibhu Agarwal, CEO of Ull App and Ullu Digital had complete control over the script, locations, costumes, artistes, etc., of the films and clips that were commissioned by the company.

“The producers who were outsourced the filming of the porn and other bold content or films were mere rubber stamps. The in-house creative department, the Country Head and Mr Vibhu Agarwal himself had complete control over the shoot. The producers were under the direct control of Mr Vibhu Agarwal. Everything was decided by Agarwal and 2-3 other persons in the company. The press statement issued by the company is a blatant lie. It’s a shame that the PR agency hired by Ullu Digital is covering up for Mr Vibhu Agarwal,” Sagarika told IndyaTv.in.

ALSO READ: Vibhu Agarwal’s Ullu Paid Huge Sums To Maharashtra Cyber To Avoid Porn Cases

In response to Sagarika’s allegations on Monday, the PR agency handling Ullu Digital had issued a statement: ULLU either commissions or buys shows from production houses; we have no direct relations with any artiste. People are only taking this opportunity to garner more visibility,” the PR agency said.

However, Sagarika countered this statement saying it’s totally false and a blatant lie. “Ullu and its PR agency are trying to cover up for Vibhu Agarwal, who had direct control over the shoots, the selection of artistes or actors, the costumes they would wear and so on and I can prove the same,” Sagarika said.

ALSO READ: Ullu CEO Vibhu Agarwal uploaded porn from Mumbai, masqueraded as Australia-based

“It’s a lie that Ullu Digital did not deal with artistes. Maybe they did not deal with artistes directly and payments were made by a production house or producer. But this was only for accounting purposes. Every minute detail, including the inner wear and undergarments to be worn by the artistes, was decided by Vibhu Agarwal himself and the producers or production houses were mere rubber stamps acting on his behalf and doing his behest,” she countered.

Sagarika Shona Suman had Wednesday, accused an Ullu Digital producer of demanding nude auditions and nude video clips. She said she was selected for an Ullu project by a producer named Harsh. But when she reached the resort location, she saw two nude women performing lesbian sex acts and she immediately ran away from the place, without shooting for the project.

ALSO READ: Kolkata model and Insta Influencer Shamita Smita Ghosh alleges she was forced to work for Ullu, Lattu Apps

IndyaTv.in made several attempts to contact Mr Vibhu Agarwal of Ullu App, but he was unavailable for comment. He is not answering his mobile phones and WhatsApp and SMS messages sent to his three mobile phones/numbers went unanswered. Attempts to contact him on the landline number at his Mumbai office also proved futile. Our reporters left messages with Ullu Digital staff, requesting for an interview or audience with Vibhu Agarwal to hear his side of the story, but no response was forthcoming. The Country Head and Executive Director of the company said it was not possible to reach Vibhu Agarwal. We will update this story when Mr Vibhu Agarwal responds to us.

MUMBAI: Sagarika Shona Suman – the gusty model who first blew the lid off Raj Kundra’s porn racket in February this year, Thursday demanded to know if former Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh or some senior politician or IPS officer was supporting Raj Kundra all along for the last 5 months and holding up the investigation into the Mumbai porn racket.

Speaking to IndyaTv.in in an exclusive interview, Sagarika Shona Suman alleged that if “Raj Kundra and his associates like Ryan Thorpe were picked up in February itself, all the evidence would have been intact.”

“They gave Raj Kundra and his team, time to destroy evidence. They gave him an opportunity to destroy his phone, delete the emails on the servers and wipe off other crucial evidence. I demand to know which cops were supporting Raj Kundra,” she said.

“Actress Gehana Vasisth, after her arrest, in her police statements had clearly taken Kundra’s name, claiming that he was the whole-and-sole owner of Hotshots and Kenrin Limited. She also told the cops that live shows were happening at Kundra’s office and meetings and agreements were signed with models at the same office,” Sagarika volunteered.

“In spite of having all this info, the cops did not even call him for questioning in Feb. They could have at least taken his phone and laptop for forensic analysis. But Raj Kundra was not even touched by a barge pole in February, in spite of the fact that the Maharashtra Cyber Cell was simultaneously investigating another case against him, in which Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey were involved,” she claimed, asking why was Raj Kundra protected?

“In fact, a senior inspector at the Crime Branch – Property Cell scotched at the idea and smirked when Raj Kundra’s name was taken by a freelance journalist,” Sagarika Shona Suman claimed, adding that “she is hundred  per cent sure a senior IPS officer or politician was helping Raj Kundra and that is why he was not even summoned for questioning.”

“In fact, two people I know had given the police evidence against Raj Kundra including his link or relation with Pardeep Bakshi – the UK owner of Kenrin Limited on paper. I went on record in a media interview stating that Kundra is the owner of HotShots. Another model Ishika, also gave media interviews in Feb, stating that Kundra owned Kenrin,” yet the police did not even bother to call him for investigation in February. Why,” Sagarika demanded to know?

“Information regarding Kundra’s involvement was also shared with the Malwani police officials who were investigating two FIRs – one against Rowa Khan and another against Gehana Vaisisth by a ‘social worker’ and an advocate. But they all laughed it away,” Suman said.

“Gehana Vasisths’ flat at Lokhandwala was simultaneously raided within two hours, without a warrant, when Rowa Khan alias Alisha alias Yasmin was caught red-handed shooting porn at a bungalow at Madh Island. Rowa Khan merely mentioned Gehana’s name and the cops rushed to her flat on 4th February evening and picked up her laptop, phones and other gadgets. But Raj Kundra was not even touched or summoned. He was so over-confident and sure of his security that he did not even bother to delete the data later on his office servers. He only destroyed his phone in Feb, which means he had some understanding somewhere,” Sagarika claimed.

“It is only after Hemant Nagrale took over as CP, that the investigation into the case was reopened in June,” Sagarika alleged.

She said all the evidence to implicate Raj Kundra was in the hands of the police in February itself. The police also mentioned all this evidence in the charge sheets filed against the arrested accused in the first week of April at the Metropolitan Magistrates’ Court at Esplanade.

“Actress Gehana Vasisth and Umesh Kamat had clearly told the police in February second week that they were both working for Raj Kundra and that he was the owner of HotShots. Umesh Kamat was arrested on February 8. His mobile phone was with the cops that had all the WhatsApp chats intact with Raj Kundra and emails exchanged between them. Kamat was also using a British sim card and masquerading as Roy Evans to show artistes that the app was being run and managed from the UK. The cops knew this in February itself, and in spite of such concrete evidence, Raj Kundra was not touched,” Sagarika said in her interview with this reporter.

Mumbai: Model and actress Sagarika Shona Suman who in February this year, first blew the lid off Raj Kundra’s porn biz in an exclusive interview to this reporter said that the APP and portal EscapeNow.Tv, which features semi porn, extra bold and nude content is partly owned by a Goan model and former Splitsvilla winner Scarlet Rose.

Sagarika allged that is owned by RazrTech SARL-S and is registered in Luxembourg.

According to her Scarlet Rose may have used her Goan background to obtain a Portuguese passport and then got the company registered abroad.

She holds a substantial stake in the company, while its other directors own different stakes.

In various company record depositories, the directors names are mentioned as Anshul Amit Gupta and two others. Anshul was earlier associated with a media company in Mumbai, but now claims he is based in Luxembourg

Rose has been actively promoting the company on social media, but went slow after the Mumbai police crackdown that started in February this year.

The company is also registered in the United Kingdom. The Luxembourg company is known as RazrTech SARL-S, while the UK company is called RazrCorp Group Limited and its registered address is shown as Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

The company also has a presence in Navi Mumbai as Razrcorp and its official website is razrcorp.com.

Sagarika has alleged that EscapeNow.tv indirectly encourages women to pose nude, do nude stip shows and other live streaming activity that fetches them huge daily income.

This business is similar to other apps like Tango, Patreon, etc., she claimed.

MUMBAI: An IndyaTv News investigation has found out that a massive fake property registration scam has been going on at Malwani at Malad West for the last several years. The loss to the government as well as private individuals as well as the illegal pecuniary gain to the unscrupulous elements and criminals could be in excess of Rs 200 crore.

The scam was unearthed when Tv actress Gehana Vasisth filed a police complaint against a broker and several others for attempting to cheat and defraud her to a tune of Rs 90 lakh.

According to a written complaint submitted to the Malwani police station, a popular Tv and web actress Gehana Vasisth aka Vandana Tiwari has been cheated by a broker (estate agent) of her flat and the accused threatened to rape and kill her if she pursued the matter with the cops, stating that they are relatives of Pakistan-based gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

The complaint (which has been accessed by this reporter) alleges that one estate agent Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, r/o of Millenium Towers, Opp Bella Casa Building, Sector 8, Malwani, Malad West was dealing with Gehana Vasisth’s flat in the same building which she had legally purchased from the builder. Gehana had rented the flat via the broker to one Sujata Rajesh Shetty, a resident of Swastik Nagar, Naghar Road, Bhyandar East and executed a registered Leave and License agreement. During the lock down, the said Sujata Rajesh Shetty failed to pay the rent for 4-5 months, but Gehana Vasisth did not take any action against her.

ALSO READ | Tv actress Gehana Vasisth cheated of Rs 90 lakh by Malwani broker, threatened with rape, death

In the month of January 2021, she was informed that some other persons are residing in her flat by the society members. On inquiring, she found that the said tenant Sujata Rajesh Shetty had illegally sub-leased the flat to another party Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid on a high deposit of Rs 17 lakhs by fraudulently claiming that the flat was owned by her. On further inquriy, Gehana found that the flat was similarly sub-leased by the broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh illegally and without her knowledge at an earlier date for a high deposit of Rs 15 lakh.

Her tenant Sujata Rajesh Shetty and the broker had prepared fake and fraudulent Leave and License agreements by fraud and cheating, including registration of the fake documents in a criminal conspiracy with the estate agents, registration agents and police. The local police station at Malwani also provided the fake police verification based on the Leave and License agreement on payment of Rs

When Gehana approached the illegal occupants of her flat Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid and her son Shoiab Ansari Mohammad Zahid, they claimed that Sujata Rajesh Shetty was the owner of the flat and they had paid her a huge amount for a period of two years and that they will not vacate the flat at any cost.

The broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, his wife and mother and the illegal occupant Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid and her son threatened to rape Gehana Vasisth and kill her if she demanded possession of her flat. ALSO READ: In spite of Bombay HC order, Malwani cops fail to arrest accused property grabbers

They claimed they were related to fugitive criminal and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and that the flat now belonged to them and that Gehana Vasisth should forget about her flat and never step foot in the building again or else she would be raped and killed and her body dumped at the bottom of the Malwani creek, where it would never be found.

They also allegedly claimed that they were related to Malad MLA Aslam Shaikh and that they had the full protection of MLA Aslam Shaikh. The MLA has denied this and said he does not know the people at all and also asked Gehana Vasisth’s manager to proceed against them legally. “I do not support or help such illegal and fraudulent people, they should be taken to task and punished as per law,” Aslam Shaikh said.

Gehana has filed a written complaint with the Malwani police station and also sent copies of the complaint to the zonal DCP, the MLA, the Addl. CP and the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office and is awaiting action against the illegal occupants of the flat.

ALSO READ: Malwani Cops Favor Broker With More Than 20 Cheating Cases: Do Not Register FIR For 7 Months

Upon further inquiry by this reporter it was revealed that the said broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh had similarly duped several flat and shop owners in the Malwani area of their properties.

A Bollywood producer and a production executive who own flats in Malwani, have been similarly duped by the agent. He is hand-in-glove with 2-3 registration agents who do illegal registration of properties by showing fake persons as owners of properties and preparing illegal, fake and fraudulent documents including Leave and License agreements.

The properties are then leased at high deposits of Rs 15 to Rs 25 lakh for periods ranging from 2-3 years, depending upon the area and location.

The fake owners also provide fake Gumasta licenses at a hefty fee for persons wanting to set up a business.

IndyaTv News has found out that more than 30 property owners have been similarly duped by Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh and his coterie of fake brokers in cahoots with 2-3 registration agents and some unscrupulous lawyers who prepare the fake documents.

The total illegal property scam in Malwani and adjoining areas could run into more than Rs 200 crore and nearly 50 persons are involved, investigations conducted by IndyaTv News have found out.

ALSO READ | Cops register FIR after 18 months of complaint in actor Gehana Vasisth’s Malwani flat case

Along with the broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, the others involved in the racket are Samir Mainuddin Shaikh, Salim Mainudding Shaikh, Hussaina Mainuddin Shaikh, Rajesh Shetty, Sujata’s husband (she is married to a Muslim but uses her maiden surname) and several others, including local estate agents, lawyers, registration agents  and some police officials are involved in the property fraud and scam.

The Malwani police are aware of this property and illegal registration scam but have turned a blind eye to the same as they get paid by the brokers to provide the police verification for the illegal Leave and License agreements.

Gehana Vaisisth through her manager has approached Chief Minister Uddhavji Thackeray, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and local MLA Aslam Shaikh for justice to recover her flat.

Malwani senior police inspector was unavailable for comment.

MUMBAI: According to a written complaint submitted to the Malwani police station, a popular Tv and web actress Gehana Vasisth aka Vandana Tiwari has been cheated by a broker (estate agent) of her flat and the accused threatened to rape and kill her if she pursued the matter with the cops, stating that they are relatives of Pakistan-based gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

The complaint (which has been accessed by this reporter) alleges that one estate agent Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, r/o of Millenium Towers, Opp Bella Casa Building, Sector 8, Malwani, Malad West was dealing with Gehana Vasisth’s flat in the same building which she had legally purchased from the builder. Gehana had rented the flat via the broker to one Sujata Rajesh Shetty, a resident of Swastik Nagar, Naghar Road, Bhyandar East and executed a registered Leave and License agreement. During the lock down, the said Sujata Rajesh Shetty failed to pay the rent for 4-5 months, but Gehana Vasisth did not take any action against her. ALSO READ: In spite of Bombay HC order, Malwani cops fail to arrest accused property grabbers

In the month of January 2021, she was informed that some other persons are residing in her flat by the society members. On inquiring, she found that the said tenant Sujata Rajesh Shetty had illegally sub-leased the flat to another party Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid on a high deposit of Rs 17 lakhs by fraudulently claiming that the flat was owned by her. On further inquriy, Gehana found that the flat was similarly sub-leased by the broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh illegally and without her knowledge at an earlier date for a high deposit of Rs 15 lakh.

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Her tenant Sujata Rajesh Shetty and the broker had prepared fake and fraudulent Leave and License agreements by fraud and cheating, including registration of the fake documents in a criminal conspiracy with the estate agents, registration agents and police. The local police station at Malwani also provided the fake police verification based on the Leave and License agreement on payment of Rs 1000 per document.

When Gehana approached the illegal occupants of her flat Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid and her son Shoiab Ansari Mohammad Zahid, they claimed that Sujata Rajesh Shetty was the owner of the flat and they had paid her a huge amount for a period of two years and that they will not vacate the flat at any cost.

In her written complaint to the Malwani police, Gehana has alleged that the criminals abused her in filthy language, pushed her around, threatened to rape her and even threatened her with death if she did not leave the building premises immediately.

ALSO READ | Cops register FIR after 18 months of complaint in actor Gehana Vasisth’s Malwani flat case

The broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, his wife and mother and the illegal occupant Ansari Rukhsana Mohammad Zahid and her son threatened to rape Gehana Vasisth and kill her if she demanded possession of her flat. They claimed they were related to fugitive criminal and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and that the flat now belonged to them and that Gehana Vasisth should forget about her flat and never step foot in the building again or else she would be raped and killed and her body dumped at the bottom of the Malwani creek, where it would never be found.

They also allegedly claimed that they were related to Malad MLA Aslam Shaikh and that they had the full protection of MLA Aslam Shaikh. The MLA has denied this and said he does not know the people at all and also asked Gehana Vasisth’s manager to proceed against them legally. “I do not support or help such illegal and fraudulent people,” Aslam Shaikh said.

ALSO READ | Rs 200 Cr Fake Property Registration Scam At Malwani, Malad West Exposed

Gehana has filed a written complaint with the Malwani police station and also sent copies of the complaint to the zonal DCP, the MLA, the Addl. CP and the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office and is awaiting action against the illegal occupants of the flat.

Upon further inquiry by this reporter it was revealed that the said broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh had similarly duped several flat and shop owners in the Malwani area of their properties.

A Bollywood producer Sajjan Agarwal and a production executive who own flats in Malwani, have been similarly duped by the agent. He is hand-in-glove with 2-3 registration agents who do illegal registration of properties by showing fake persons as owners of properties and preparing illegal, fake and fraudulent documents including Leave and License agreements.

The modus operandi of the criminals is to get the flats into litigation which can drag on for years once a case is filed either under Rent Act or other civil provisions of the CPC.

Once the flats are under litigation, the brokers put up dummy buyers who offer half the price of the property upfront, claiming that the property is disputed and will not get any buyers. The harried, harassed and frustrated owners sell the flats at huge discounts to the coterie of brokers or dummy buyers who make a huge profit.

The properties are then further leased at high deposits of Rs 15 to Rs 25 lakh for periods ranging from 2-3 years, depending upon the area and location.

The fake owners also provide fake Gumasta licenses at a hefty fee for persons wanting to set up a business.

ALSO READ: Malwani Cops Favor Broker With More Than 20 Cheating Cases: Do Not Register FIR For 7 Months

IndyaTv News has found out that more than 30 property owners have been similarly duped by Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh and his coterie of fake brokers in cahoots with 2-3 registration agents and some unscrupulous lawyers who prepare the fake documents.

The total illegal property scam in Malwani and adjoining areas could run into more than Rs 200 crore and nearly 50 persons are involved, investigations conducted by IndyaTv News have found out.

Along with the broker Wasim Mainuddin Shaikh, the others involved in the racket are Samir Mainuddin Shaikh, Salim Mainudding Shaikh, Hussaina Mainuddin Shaikh, Rajesh Shetty, Sujata’s husband (she is married to a Muslim but uses her maiden surname) and several others, including local estate agents, lawyers, registration agents  and some police officials are involved in the property fraud and scam.

The Malwani police are aware of this property and illegal registration scam but have turned a blind eye to the same as they get paid by the brokers to provide the police verification for the illegal Leave and License agreements.

Gehana Vaisisth through her manager has approached Chief Minister Uddhavji Thackeray, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and local MLA Aslam Shaikh for justice to recover her flat.

Malwani senior police inspector was unavailable for comment.