Poonam Pandey Files A Case Against Raj Kundra

Poonam Pandey has filed a case against Shilpa Shetty’s husband – businessman Raj Kundra. Read our article by Purvi to find out why.

Poonam Pandey has filed a case against Raj Kundra. He is known to be a shady businessman who cheats on women. Poonam alleges that she has been inundated with calls at odd hours from across India and even Karachi, requesting her to strip. According to her, it all began in June last year, when her number along with the tagline, ‘Call me, I will strip for you’ was leaked on her app. Her app was managed by Raj Kundra’s company, as she agreed with them in March 2019. She said that she terminated it a month later. Poonam has now accused them of continuing with the app, despite her terminating the contract. She has now moved to Bombay High Court to file a criminal case against Raj Kundra and his associates, who collaborated with her for the app.

However, Raj Kundra told Bombay Times that he had exited the company which managed the app in December 2019.When BT talked about this matter to Poonam she said, I collaborated with the company for an app named after me in March 2019. We had agreed upon a certain percentage of the revenue generated by the app to be given to me. However, I realised certain discrepancies in revenue sharing and hence, decided to terminate the contract. I also informed them about the same via email. But they continued to post my pictures and videos on the app. To my horror, they also leaked my mobile number along with that tagline and message like ‘call me now as I am free to talk. Let us talk and I will strip for you’ on the app. ‘

‘After that, I started receiving thousands of calls asking me for explicit services. People started sending me pornographic videos and images. I even left the country for three months hoping that the situation will become normal on its own. But as soon as I landed back, I started getting those messages and call all over again. Sometimes, I would get calls where I could only hear heavy breathing from the other side. These callers claimed to know my address too. I changed my number, but after I messaged Saurabh Kushwah, one of the associates of the company, from my new number asking him to refrain from uploading my pictures and videos on the app, I started receiving calls and messages on that number too.’

Poonam said that she approached the police in December 2019. Her statement was recorded on December 7, 2019, at Bandra police station. Since they refused to lodge an FIR against Raj Kundra and his team, she had no option but to move to Bombay High Court. She filed a writ petition against Raj Kundra, his associate Saurabh Kushwah and her former manager Sonu Lakhwani. She said she will approach the cyber-crime cell, too. Poonam was going through the nightmare just because she refused to work with them. The actress was living under constant threats of abduction, rape, murder and acid attack. Her right to live and privacy has been affected.

She said, ‘just because I am Poonam Pandey, you can’t subject me to this treatment. I am what I am in my world. People call me controversy’s favourite. I don’t have a problem with that, but you can’t disrespect me and threaten my existence. Her lawyer Anand S Jondhale said, ‘the police didn’t cooperate with her, so, around a month ago, we moved to the court and filed a petition for registration of an FIR against them and due compensation for the mental agony caused. We have also served the notice to the accused through the court.’

On the other hand, Saurabh Kushwah has filed a statement at Bandra police station, stating that the breach was in fact from Poonam’s side and the company wasn’t too pleased with the content uploaded by her on the app, as they were obscene, erotic and objectionable. They have also claimed that they decided to terminate the contract. They have denied all allegations levelled against them by her, including that of leaking her number on the app. Saurabh said, ‘these allegations are false and baseless. We have not yet received any legal notice or petition from the court, so we will not be able to comment on it. The company have cooperated with the authorities concerned and provided all the required details. We will follow the due process of law and take steps accordingly.’

On this Raj Kundra said, ‘I had invested in a company called ‘Armsprime Media’ last year, which makes apps for celebrities. I am not aware of the petition as I exited the venture in December 2019 with a sale to the current shareholders. The lawyer of ‘Armsprime Media’ Thakur Arjun Singh stated, ‘we have just learnt that Poonam has filed a petition in Bombay High Court. We haven’t been served a copy of it yet. The matter has neither been listed nor heard.

We will deal with it once we get a copy of the petition. As far as her allegations are concerned, there is no substance in them. She has been paid in excess, an amount of 60 lakhs as per the agreement of revenue share. Just because Raj Kundra is an investor in the company, she is trying to extort money by misusing criminal law. She has a civil remedy available if she feels there is a discrepancy in payments. But dragging everyone in a criminal case is malicious and mischievous.’