According to the probe agency, the ‘Hotshots’ app was being used by accused persons for uploading and streaming obscene content.Kundra had claimed there was no evidence of him being “actively” involved in the creation of alleged porn content. He had claimed he was falsely implicated and was not even named in the FIR and was dragged by the respondent (police) in the case. The businessman claimed in the plea that he is being made a “scapegoat” for reasons best known to investigators.The police had filed FIRs on the basis of complaints received from two women, while another woman had submitted a complaint at the Lonavla police station, around 120 km from Mumbai.During the investigation, it came to light that some small-time artistes were lured with the promise of giving them breaks in some web series or short stories, police had said.These actors were called for auditions and were asked to act ‘bold’ scenes which later turned out to be semi-nude or nude scenes, which were against the wishes of the actors, the official had said.During the police investigation, it also came to light that there are many ‘porn-like apps’ (applications) operating in cyberspace.The police had told the court that its probe found that Kundra set up Armsprime Media Pvt Ltd, which, through London-based Kenrin Pvt Ltd, bought the Hotshots app to upload “objectionable videos” on social media.Kundra’s phone contained WhatsApp chats regarding Kenrin and its financial transactions. Policd said the conversations also revealed that he had discussed selling 119 adult films to a person for USD 1.2 million.
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