Mumbai: The property cell of the city crime branch on Thursday filed another chargesheet in the pornography case against actor and model Vandana Tiwari alias Gehana Vasisth and four others.

This is the fresh chargesheet in the second case of pornography registered by Mumbai Police. There are four cases of pornography crime branch is probing and another case is being probed by Lonavala police.

In the 500-page chargesheet, the police have charged Vashist, film producers Abhijit Bomble, Baburao Pralhad alias Ajay Shrimant, Prince Kumar alias Kashyap and Arvindkumar Srivastav alias Yash Thakur.

Police said Bomble and Shrimant have been arrested while Vasisth has got interim relief from Supreme Court while Prince Kumar Kashyap and Yash Thakur have been shown as ‘absconding accused’. They have been charged under the IPC sections involving sale of obscene books, obscene act, outraging modesty of woman, cheating and under sections of the Information Technology Act.

Last month, the police had filed supplementary chargesheet in the first case of pornography in which they had arrested Raj Kundra and his company’s IT head Ryan Thorpe in connection with production and distribution of pornographic content on his mobile apps.

The fresh chargesheet pertains to a complaint filed by a 21-year old aspiring model from Madhya Pradesh who lodged a complaint that under pretext of giving her a break in the short movies, Bomble, then Ajay Shrimant, Gehana Vasisth and later Prince Kashyap took her to three bungalows — two at Madh Island and one in Lonavala — on multiple occasions and forced her to act in porn movies and those clips were uploaded in three apps. She said she was paid Rs 10,000 to 15,000 per shoot. When she refused to act, the accused promised that the obscene videos would be edited but they were uploaded without any cut.

After the crime branch in February arrested a gang of five including Rowa Yasmin Khan shooting a live porn film at a Madh Island bungalow, they made an appeal to victims to come forward and lodge a complaint, she gathered courage to lodge the complaint.

She said Vashist forced her to sign agreements by luring a major role in films. Vashist had been arrested in the pornography racket.

My original plan was to be an engineer. But things changed after I arrived in Mumbai in June 2010. My family hails from Bhopal, but since my father worked in the coal mines of Chhattisgarh, I went to a school in the hill station of Chirimiri. My mother is a homemaker, and I have two brothers, and one sister. I was a topper in school, and Math and Biology were my strength. I had cracked the PET (Preliminary English Test), and was preparing for the IIT-Jee exam, but when I realised that I needed Rs. 2 lakh to get admission to a college, I knew I had to find a way to make the money.

When I saw an advertisement in the newspaper about a Miss MP contest, I decided to participate. I had imagined they’d ask me to dance a little here and there, but I was expected to do the ramp walk and go through a question-answer round. I told the organizers that I wasn’t fit for this. Back then, I was dowdy, wore mustard oil in my hair, sports shoes and baggy clothes. But they said, they would groom me. And just like that, I won Miss MP.

The fun part of the journey began when I was spotted crossing the road in Bhopal by an ad filmmaker. He asked if I wanted to pose for a Monte Carlo ad, and I told him that he should not make fun of a naive girl. But he was serious. For the first time, then, I walked into a beauty parlour and got myself waxed. I got Rs 500, but my pictures were in every Monte Carlo showroom across Bhopal. That amount was big for me; it got me through a whole month of coaching. Suddenly, people who had never paid attention to me because I was geeky—started inviting me to their parties. I also started getting some pocket money, and money matters, ya! Following this, I must have shot close to 50 ads for showrooms in the city. My face was everywhere. I even acted in an episode of Crime Patrol that came on ETV MP, and began work as an anchor for Sahara MP. I made Rs 1,500 a day.

Then, in 2010, I arrived in Mumbai to seek admission to Borivli’s St Francis Institute of Technology. I wanted to train to be a teacher. One day, I happened to meet Masud Mirza, who was one of the writers of Madhur Bhandarkar’s film Chandni Bar. Since he was from Bhilai, we got along. He was making a movie called Zara Sambhal Ke, and he asked me to audition for it. I was happy. It was as if I was getting everything without struggling for it. The movie was about the prostitutes of Nanded, and the role involved abusive language. In MP, using ‘tu’ is also considered rude, so I turned his offer down. I decided to once again focus on my engineering plans, and had even got a placement at Tata Consultancy Services. Then I met producer Sajan Agarwal. I frequented the office of Rashmi Sharma Telefilms, the production house behind hit shows like Saath Nibhaana Saathiya. Rashmi di’s husband Pawan, told me I should change my name. So, I consulted numerologist Sanjay Jumani, and landed the name Gehana Vasisth. I started my career with a show called Behenein on Star Plus.

This was a strange time for me—I had never worn jeans, and here I was in a bikini. I travelled to Hong Kong to participate in the Miss Bikini show, and gradually began to land films in the south. I have acted in over 30 Telugu and Tamil films. I even anchored a spot for the 2015 World Cup. I’ve also acted in shows for Amazon Prime, Zee5, and Ullu. I owed my father Rs. 2.30 lakh as an education loan, and I only had Rs 1.08 lakh with me. I remember walking on Naigoan station, when my father called me and asked what I was up to in Mumbai. I asked him to give me some time, as I was sure they would not support the idea of my acting. They eventually found out when a neighbour saw me on TV, and he wanted me to return right away. But my acting gigs gradually got me noticed among acquaintances in Bhopal. I was a celebrity and people started coming to our home out of curiosity and respect. Then, he realised, I had become someone.

It was in 2019, that I first met Raj Kundra. His personal assistant who I called Meeta Di, called me for a meeting. I knew that Kundra’s company Armsprime used to make apps for actors like Poonam Pandey and Sherlyn Chopra. I knew it was bold content exclusively for subscribers, so I told Meeta, I wasn’t interested. They wanted to block me for just two days, and all I had to do was get my hair and make up artist along. They’d do the rest. The profit sharing plan was 50:50. She insisted I come and have a cup of coffee at the office, if nothing else. I landed up in Andheri, where I met Kundra for the first time. I asked him why he made content of this kind, and he was candid enough to say that no one was being forced to do it. It depends on the artiste and what they wish to do with their career. I left after the coffee. Later, I checked the app and realised that most of the content was made up of tease videos. There was no full nudity. So, I thought, why not.

The money was good. I got my brothers through engineering, and managed to make arrangements for my sister’s wedding. I was not ambitious—I knew I wasn’t going to be the next Aishwarya Rai. For me, getting married, having kids and quitting my job was not an option. Kundra’s company was offering me Rs. 2 lakh for two days of work.

I signed the contract, and we went to Manisha Bungalow in Madh Island, to shoot a series of pictures and videos. There were backless shots, and I wore silicone cups throughout. There was some mild humping [expected of me], and smooching. I was happy with the fact there was now a Gehana Vasisth app. I carried on with this work till February 2020, when it dawned on me that I was on the wrong track. Why was I stripping! I let them know that I didn’t wish to continue. Meanwhile, I got a call from a producer I knew from long ago called Sajan Agarwal, who wanted me to act in a movie for HotShots, which to my knowledge was run by Umesh Kamath. I turned him down since I knew that once again it was going to be about shooting bold content. But then, another director who was a friend, got in touch, and said, do it, it’s all legitimate. I was offered Rs 25,000 per day. At the shoot, when the other actress removed her top, I froze. I had never seen a woman naked before.

I acted in three such movies, after which they asked me to also direct and produce. They would give me Rs. 3 lakh, and an approved script and actors, who Kamath would approve. I had to deliver the 30-minute film. After paying everyone, I realised I was left with only Rs 30,000, but I was happy about the fact that I was now a director-producer.

On February 4 this year, I was getting ready to leave for a launch party for one of my movies, when 14 Crime Branch officials showed up at my residence. They said I couldn’t leave the house, and began looking through data on my phones and laptop. They destroyed my house; jewellery worth Rs 12 lakh is still missing. They didn’t give me any information about what they wanted, but repeatedly said that while we had made crores, the actors had got a pittance. Three of the officials stayed at the residence through the night and the female cop kept suggesting I pay up if I wished to be free. They found copies of legal agreements concerning the films at my home.

I told them everything I knew; I had nothing to hide. I told them they can find the hard drives at the editor’s home, and gave them names of everyone who would be present on the set. I was told that if I named Kundra, I would be named a victim and set free. But I said I didn’t even work for Kundra, I worked for Kamath.

On February 6, they asked me to sign a piece of paper, which was written in Marathi. I didn’t know what I was signing. They booked me under Section 420 among others. I was held in Byculla Jail. On February 17, they took me to Malvani police station, where they said a girl had accused me of gang rape. Someone who had acted in my movie, said that she had been raped by those on set while I had watched. When I confronted her, she admitted to me that it was not the truth. How could it be, when I had messages from her about having a wonderful time on set. I was in jail till June 19, and I even contracted COVID during my time there.

I was released on bail. But on July 19, they arrested Raj Kundra. They have now levelled fresh allegations against me. I have to say this, no one gets raped or forced in Bollywood. These are regular artistes who work for different producers.

I would like the cops to come clean and make public my phone messages. They will see that everyone who had made allegations against me, has chatted with me on text, and said wonderful things. I still stand by Kundra. This was not pornography, and it was never forced.

Actor and director Vandana Tiwari, alias Gehana Vasisth, was arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch on February 6 this year after her role surfaced in an alleged pornography racket. She has been named in two FIRs registered at Malvani police station—in one FIR, she is named as accused in a gang rape.

The Crime Branch filed a chargesheet which names Vasisth and eight other accused, this April. According to it, the Crime Branch received a tip off on February 3 about porn films being shot in a Madh Island bungalow. Raids were conducted and on February 4, five people were arrested from the location—the woman who was acting in the alleged porn film said that she was forced into the business. The five arrested from location included Rowa Khan alias Yasmeen Khaan (producer and director), Monu Sharma (photographer), Bhanu Thakur (actor), Arish Shaikh (actor) and Pratibha Nalawade (creative director).

According to Crime Branch officials, during the interrogation of the accused, especially Khan, Vasisth’s name surfaced. She was called for questioning and later arrested on February 6. During the searches, the officials found scripts and agreements pertaining allegedly to pornographic content creation. The charge sheet said that Vasisth used to upload obscene videos on escapenow.tv, and that she was in touch with a person named Umesh Kamath and had been sharing porn films files with him.

The officials learnt that Kamath was working for Kenrin Limited company in England, and sent porn films to the company, for uploading on their HotShot app which Raj Kundra’s firm allegedly had a tie up with. The investigating team said it also found some agreements involving the firm with Vasisth. The Crime Branch arrested Kundra on July 19. On August 12, Abhijeet Bamble, a director in one of Kundra’a companies was arrested in connection with the pornography case.

“Gehana was directly in touch with Kamath. She was getting monetary benefits and she is the one who used to convince victims to shoot the obscene scenes. Later, they were forced to act in pornographic films, and were threatened,” a senior officer of the Crime Branch said.

On June 19, the Dindoshi Court granted her bail after four months. In another FIR filed against Vashisth, she has been accused of coercing other actors to perform obscene scenes. The sessions court on August 12 rejected the anticipatory bail plea filed by her fearing arrest.

According to Crime Branch officials, most of the porn films in question depicted penetration, and were uploaded on an app called HOTHIT. The app was owned by Rowa Khan and her husband Dipankar Paritosh Khasanvis alias Shaan, who was also arrested. The officers say they have seized porn scripts from the set in the Madh Bungalow. Khan used to direct and produce the films which were uploaded on her app. Apart from HOTHIT, some videos were also given to Kamath who then shared it with the London-based company. These were also uploaded on the HotShots app.

“She has made crores. The victims have also said that they were forced to sign agreements to act in OTT films, but later, forced into shooting porn,” an officer said.

Inputs by Faizan Khan

The property cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch had reportedly summoned actress-model Gehana Vasisth and two other people for questioning in connection with the ongoing Raj Kundra pornography case on Sunday. Gehana, who was arrested in February this year in connection with a porn film racket, and two others were supposed to appear before the Crime Branch before 12 noon on July 25. However, the model-actress, who was released on bail last month, was not present at the Crime Branch. Talking about it, she told BT on Sunday, “I did not go to the Crime Branch today, and I had informed the officers about it. I will go there on Tuesday (July 27). I did not get an official summon for it, though I did get a message on my phone on Saturday.”

Gehana also informed us that she was not in Mumbai over the weekend, and she needed two days to return as she was travelling back by road. She had said, “I have not been vaccinated yet, so I needed the RT-PCR test report to get back to Mumbai. My accounts are seized, and I don’t have the money to travel any other way. I am not running away from the police. In fact, I was waiting to be called in for questioning. The reason I kept talking to the press is that there is a lot that I know and I want to share that with the police. I want to cooperate with them and bring to their notice anything that has been missed out. I have a lot to reveal.”

Yesterday morning, however, her publicist Flynn Remedios issued a statement saying Gehana fell seriously ill on Sunday night. The statement said, “She is on IV and insulin drip as her sugar levels crossed 600 yesterday. She is currently out of Mumbai and maybe be hospitalised today.” It also mentioned that her family has requested media to avoid calling or messaging her as it adds to her stress, causing her sugar level to increase.

According to Remedios, she was being repeatedly asked if she anticipated arrest once again. As per the statement, “The thought of being arrested again caused her sugar levels to shoot up on Sunday, Dr Pranav Kabra, cardiac specialist and diabetologist said.”

The statement further read, “Gehana suffers from the dreaded diabetic ketoacidosis, which is triggered by stress and intense anxiety and can result in a brain stroke. In the last two years, Gehana Vasisth has suffered stroke four times resulting in hospitalisation several times.”

After Raj Kundra’s arrest on July 19, for his alleged connection with making and distributing pornographic films, Gehana Vasisth claims that this is a ploy to frame those involved with the app. The actor, who has done multiple projects for the app, is out on bail for the same case.

She clarifies, “There’s no censorship on web platforms. But the videos that we’ve made for the app, in no way can you call it porn. These are in the same category of content that big OTT platforms make. Why are they tagged as bold and ours is called porn? These are normal bold erotic films.”

The Gandii Baat actor says Kundra never forced her to do anything. “Mujhse wahi kaam karaya gaya hai jo script di gayi thi. None of those were in the category of porn. We are being framed,” she asserts.

Vasisth, who was arrested in February, claims the Crime Branch made a false case to implicate her without proof. “It was reported that I was caught making porn in a bungalow in Madh Island (Mumbai). My charge sheet said I resisted the confiscation of my phone and laptop. But the truth is I was picked up from my house with no warrant and I willingly gave up my belongings,” she alleges, adding that if she were guilty, she’d have sought anticipatory bail, which she did not. “I was framed, the charges were fabricated and I was in jail for five months,” she concludes.

Following his arrest for alleged involvement in a pornography case, businessman Raj Kundra has been sent to police custody till July 23.

The case is about him luring in aspiring actors and models with a promise to give them a break, and then allegedly forcing women into porn.

It all started in 2019 when the 45-year-old invested in a tech start-up Armsprime Media. They went on to sign Poonam Pandey, Gehana Vasisth and Sherlyn Chopra. Soon, Pandey filed a case against Kundra for theft and Kundra said he is not an investor anymore.

This year, his name cropped up again in connection with the company, leading to his arrest. Vasisth was also arrested in the same case and is out on bail. Her publicist released a statement on her behalf saying, “Police should investigate fully as there are more skeletons in the cupboards of the rich.”

Pandey shares that all her sympathies are with Shilpa and her kids. “I can’t imagine what she must be going through. So, I refuse to use this opportunity to highlight my trauma. The only thing I’ll add is that I had filed a complaint against him and the matter is sub judice,” she said.

Moreover, in a video uploaded by actor-model Sagarika Shona Suman in February, she alleged that she was asked to give her audition via video call where three people, one of them allegedly Kundra, demanded a nude audition from her. Actor Shruti Gera says she was approached in 2018 by a casting director who said Kundra would meet her to discuss his web show. “To imagine that someone like Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty’s husband would be doing this. People like him exploit the vulnerability of young females around.”

A college-drop out, Raj Kundra considers his father to be his role model. The latter worked as a bus conductor in London before running small businesses including grocery, post offices and drug stores.

After turning 18, he went to Dubai and later Nepal, from where he sourced pashmina shawls which he sold to famous fashion houses in Britain including Christian Dior and Josephs. He made €20 million in the first year.

Later, he went into diamond trading in Dubai, dabbled in precious metals, construction, mining, green renewable energy projects and financed Hindi films.

A year after his divorce with his first wife Kavita, he met Shilpa Shetty. They got married in 2009.

Raj Kundra’s ex-wife had accused Shilpa Shetty of breaking up their marriage. She claimed her husband had become obsessed with Shilpa and they had started an affair. Recently, he talked about his relationship with Kavita and alleged that she had an affair with his former brother-in-law.

Raj Kundra was also involved in the IPL betting scandal in 2013, and was banned for life from cricket activities. His team Rajasthan Royals was banned for two years.

The home shopping portal owned by him had shut shop all of a sudden in December 2016. While the company cited demagnetization as the reason, vendors said production was stopped almost a week before the note ban announcement. They alleged that the company has defaulted on payments since the beginning of 2016.

In 2018, Enforcement Directorate questioned Kundra in connection with the Gain Bitcoin case where more than 8,000 people were duped of ₹2,000 crore.

Last year, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra were named in an another scam concerning a gold trading company of which they are ex-directors.

The case was registered on February 4, 2021 at the Malwani police station, after a property cell official raided a bungalow in Madh, Malad (West), and arrested five individuals for their alleged involvement in forcing young men and women to act in pornographic films. The videos were being uploaded on mobile apps and porn websites. Initially, the police had arrested Rowa Khan alias Yasmeen who claimed to be a producer-director, photographer Monu Sharma, and creative director Pratibha Nalawade and two actors, Arish Shaikh and Bhanu Thakur.

“The law will take its course. We have full faith in Mumbai Police, which is doing a good job. The courts will eventually decide during trial as to who are the real culprits and which accused were merely used by others. I don’t want to comment anymore, as I am on bail in the same cases and I do not want to prejudice or impair my right to my personal defence,” said Gehana Vasisth on Monday. Vasisth, who was arrested for allegedly shooting the ‘pornographic and obscene’ videos uploaded by Kundra’s former employee, has been released on bail. On Tuesday, she issued another comment — “None of the films are porn films. Those are just bold films as other producers like Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Vibhu Agarwal and many others make. Other apps like Netflix and Amazon have bolder content than this. One needs to understand the difference between erotica and porn. I will request people to watch those films and only then comment. Police has just misinterpreted.”

“At this moment my heart goes out to Shilpa Shetty and her kids. I can’t imagine what she must be going through. So, I refuse to use this opportunity to highlight my trauma. The only thing I’ll add is that I had filed a police complaint in 2019 against Raj Kundra and subsequently registered a case at the honourable high court of Bombay against him for fraud and theft. This matter is sub judice, hence I would prefer to limit my statements. Also, I have full faith in our police and the judicial process,” said Poonam Pandey. Pandey had a contract with Kundra’s firm, that dealt with different apps, including Pandey’s adult app. She states that Kundra’s firm used her movies and footage illegally even after their contract was terminated.

Previously, the property cell had arrested Umesh Kamat, a man who had apparently claimed in his statement that he used to work for Raj Kundra’s company. Kamat’s name had surfaced during an interrogation surrounding actress-model Gehana Vasisth’s arrest on February 6, 2021. Kamath used to work for a UK-based firm as a coordinator and would take videos from Vasisth, and send them to the same firm that later uploaded them on an app, reportedly called HotShots. The former employee of Kundra was accused of uploading at least eight “pornographic and obscene” videos shot by Vasisth, reportedly from Kundra’s office. In the course of the hearings, it came to light that though Kundra claims to have sold the HotShots app to one of the wanted accused, Pradeep Bakshi (the proprieter of UKbased company Kenrin), it is claimed that he was regularly taking updates about financial dealings of this app.

Kundra had also made a Whatsapp group of which he was the admin, where he used to discuss distribution and financial transactions related to the clips of HotShots. Vasisth and Kamat would write stories for the HotShots app clips and the mails sent with the story to others were also marked to Raj Kundra. Police suspect Raj Kundra has a stake in Kenrin. Reportedly, Kundra is a relative of Pradeep Bakshi who lives in the UK. Besides being his relative and the chairman of this company, Bakshi is also Kundra’s business partner.

The 45-year-old was taken into custody by the Crime Branch after being booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology (IT) Act. Kundra has been booked under IPC Sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays), and relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, registered at Malwani police station on February 4 this year.

Kundra had approached the Sessions Court in June seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed by the cyber police in connection to a complaint alleging that certain online platforms were publishing obscene videos as a part of their web series. The complaint was filed last year under the IPC section pertaining to obscenity, the Information Technology Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act. Among those arrested was an employee of a tech startup linked with Kundra. The arrest was made on the basis of the statement of model Sherlyn Chopra. Kundra was summoned by the police. He claimed to have exited from the start-up, and had nothing to do with the alleged shoots or web series. The court is likely to decide on the anticipatory bail application next week.

In a video, actress-model Sagarika Shona Suman has claimed that she had got a call from Kamat, who offered her a web series which was supposedly backed by Kundra. She says she was further asked to give a nude audition on a video call, which she refused.

— With inputs from Agencies

The Property Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch on Monday arrested the coordinator of actor-model Gehana Vasisth in connection with the pornographic racket busted last week. According to the Crime Branch he would allegedly send porn videos to companies abroad through WeTransfer to upload them using foreign IP addresses. They would then be uploaded on the app called hotshot.

Umesh Kamat, 40, worked with Vasisth for the past two years. The officials have found 15 porn films of half an hour duration each that were sent to a company abroad by Kamat using WeTransfer. 

“He has been arrested and the court has remanded him in custody till February 10 for further investigation,” said Kedari Pawar, senior PI of the Property Cell.

According to the Cell, Vasisth used to earn Rs. 2.5 lakh to Rs. 3 lakh by sending these videos and the girls who worked in them were paid Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000. All 15 videos which cops have found on WeTransfer files have different girls allegedly forced to shoot on the pretext of working for films and web series.

“So far four victims have come forward and lodged their complaints and two have recorded their statements,” said an officer. The officials have also found multiple emails shared with the foreign-based companies having WeTransfer files.

As some of them have expired they are not able to find what was in the files. Only 15 files have been recovered and cops are investigating the matter further. The Property Cell has so far arrested seven accused in the pornographic racket.

The Property Cell is investigating the role of a celebrity businessman who was allegedly financing the racket. The investigation has also revealed that Kamat has worked with the celebrity businessman and he has uploaded some of those porn films sitting in his office.  He has also allegedly worked as the MD of a company with the businessman. However, the Crime Branch has not found any paper records that he was officially working with him.  “We are examining all possible angles including finances to the entire pornographic racket,” an official said. A professional photographer identified as Shah Dhanaji, 36, was also arrested by the Property Cell late on Monday night.

Mumbai: Actress and model Gehana Vasisth was arrested for her role in shooting and uploading porn videos on her website. Police also stumbled upon the involvement of more models, side actresses and some production houses which edited and uploaded the films shot by the gang on mobile apps and websites.

The actress, who has featured in advertisements, Hindi and Telugu cinema, was questioned by the police on Saturday afternoon. “She has shot 87 obscene/porn videos and uploaded them on her websites, which require a subscription to watch. Those who have subscribed to the channel have to pay Rs 2,000,’’ said a senior police official. She will be produced in court on Sunday.

The police said that at least three more victims have complained to the police property cell that they were forced into doing roles in porn films.

The cell had on Thursday raided Green Park bungalow at Madh Island in Malad and arrested Yasmin Beg Khan alias Rowa, Pratibha Nalawade, Monu Gopaldas Joshi, Bhanusuryam Thakur and Mohammed Asif alias Saify.

A victim who was rescued has been sent for rehabilitation. The police seized three bank accounts in which there was a balance of Rs 36 lakh, generated through subscriptions of their apps.

The police said that Yasmin was the producer and director, Saify the cameraman, Pratiba graphic designer, Joshi an actor, and Thakur an assistant.

The police seized a high definition video camera, six mobile phones, a laptop, spotlights, a camera stand, memory cards containing video clips and dialogue/scripts, said Prakash Jadhav, deputy commissioner of police.

“We got information that a gang was issuing advertisements for fresh faces and under the pretext of giving them roles in movies they used to take them to these bungalows, make them do odd scenes, lure them with bigger amounts and make them sign agreements and force them to act in porn movies,’’ said senior inspector (property cell) Kedari Pawar.

Investigating officer Laxmikant Salunke said that the accused would pay Rs 5,000-15,000 and then upload the clips on apps and social media, which would generate revenue.