Raj Kundra porn case: Co-accused Arvindkumar Srivastava aka Yash Thakur claims he was framed; says he used two identities like Akshay Kumar – Occasions of India

Within the ongoing porn movies case in opposition to businessman Raj Kundra, the police discovered that two accused – Arvindkumar Srivastav and Yash Thakur, are one individual. This got here to gentle after the police had issued a lookout discover in opposition to each names.

The co-accused within the case, who claimed that Raj Kundra had paid off the cops a bribe of Rs 25 lakh to delay his arrest, has now alleged that he’s being “framed” for refusing to pay up. In a report on Mid-Day, Srivastava went the alias of a deceased man, Yash Thakur, who lived in Indore and died in August 2020 resulting from a mind tumour.

The report states that the crime department apparently learnt that Srivastava was intentionally utilizing the identification of the lifeless man to evade regulation enforcement companies. In his assertion to the portal, Srivastava admitted that he used each identities “like Akshay Kumar makes use of two identities and numerous individuals within the movie trade do.”

In the meantime, Srivastava has been sticking to his claims that the flicks had been erotica and never porn, the Crime Department investigation reportedly present that he ran portals on behalf of a Bhopal-based intelligence company officer.

The police reportedly discovered that the spouse of a Bhopal-based intelligence company officer owned an organization named Flizmovies OPC Pvt. Ltd. The officer claimed that Srivastava aka Thakur linked with him through Yahoo Messenger in 2005 and talked about making an OTT platform to host award-winning brief movies. The officer alleged that when they determined to open it, Thakur dealt with the affairs of the corporate. Nonetheless, on discovering out that the portal featured porn content material, he backed in August 2020. The officer even alleged that he argued with Thakur to close down the portal that was working in his spouse’s title. Later, the corporate was acquired by Nuefliks, which cops say is owned by Srivastava.

Whereas Srivastava has denied understanding any central authorities official, he additionally claims that he’s only a intermediary for Nuefliks.com that allegedly uploads X-rated content material.

To this point, 11 individuals, together with actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra, have been arrested within the case for allegedly producing grownup movies and making large earnings out of the unlawful enterprise.