Mumbai Crime Branch Officers Took Rs 25 lakh From Raj Kundra Says Accused

A wanted accused in a porn production case has alleged that Raj Kundra avoided arrest till now by bribing Crime Branch officers with Rs 25 lakh.

According to the reports, the firm of Arvind Srivastava alias Yash Thakur had complained to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) via an email the same month. The ACB forwarded it to the Mumbai police chief’s office in April. The complainant was Fliz Movies [or Nuefliks, as previously known], an US-based firm.

The report further added that police had named the firm in March and seized two of its owner Srivastava’s bank accounts having about Rs 4.50 crore and these accounts were opened in Kanpur and Indore branches.

The ACB had forwarded the email to the office of Mumbai police commissioner in April for further investigation. The email also contained screenshots of WhatsApp chats about the alleged bribe. A copy of the email, sent by the firm’s support team, is in possession of mid-day as well. The WhatsApp screenshots, however, did not mention Kundra anywhere in the chats.

In the email, Nuefliks also claimed that ademand, through a police informer, to pay an equal amount was also made to the firm.