Deposit ₹60 cr first, HC tells Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra for considering their plea for foreign travel

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra to deposit ₹60 crore with the court registry if they wanted their plea for foreign travel to be considered by the court.

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra (HT PHOTO)

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police had, on September 5, issued look-out-circulars against Shetty and Kundra in connection with a ₹60.48-crore cheating case linked to the couple’s now-defunct online retail firm, Best Deal TV Pvt Ltd. While the lookout notice barred the couple from leaving the country while the probe was underway, they challenged the same in the high court.

On Wednesday, when Shetty and Kundra’s petition came up for hearing, advocate Keral Mehta, representing the couple, said Shetty was required to attend an event in Los Angeles, organised by YouTube from October 21-24. Later, the couple intended to travel to Colombo and Maldives in connection with their hospitality business, Mehta told the court.