A special court on Friday granted bail to Shilpa Shetty's husband and businessman Raj Kundra after he appeared before it in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Bitcoin investment scam.
The case dates back to April 2024 when ED attached properties worth Rs 97.79 crores belonging to Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty, alleging that they had collected huge amounts of funds in the form of Bitcoins.
Businessman Raj Kundra on Tuesday said that he did not understand why the Enforcement Directorate attached his properties in the case related to Amit Bhardwaj's Bitcoin scam.
"The allegations, as we have seen, are about money trying to be extorted and misappropriated. These are very disturbing and disquieting charges," Kesavan said.
Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena requested Mumbai police on Monday to conduct a 'thorough and detailed' inquiry into the bitcoin scam case and also investigate the audio recordings being circulated in social media platforms in which it is alleged that multiple Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA) leaders were
The move comes after Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar faction), filed a cybercrime complaint with the Election Commission of India following allegations of using bitcoin to fund the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde strongly defended BJP leader Vinod Tawde in the ongoing 'cash for vote' controversy, saying that the opposition frequently resorts to such tactics during elections.
Further, Chaturvedi spoke on the "Bitcoin scam" allegations on NCP's Supriya Sule and Congress' Nana Patole and said that the video was a fake AI made in order to mislead the voters of Maharashtra.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Wednesday alleged that apart from Supriya Sule and Nana Patole, Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are also involved in the alleged Bitcoin scam.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Wednesday dismissed allegations of money distribution against party leader Vinod Tawde, calling them devoid of facts.
Maharashtra BJP President and party's candidate from Kamthi, Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday expressed strong support for BJP leader Vinod Tawde and called the allegations of 'cash distribution' against him a "well-planned conspiracy".