CELEBRITY Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty could be summoned to court while her husband is held in a porn film probe.

Mumbai police have arrested Bollywood star Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, 45, for allegedly producing and broadcasting X-rated films online.

"Speculation is rife that Shilpa Shetty could be served a summon in the Raj Kundra case," reported Times of India.

He was arrested after allegedly luring a woman into making a porn film with the promise of an acting job.

The businessman has reportedly been described by cops in India as the "key conspirator" in an alleged porn production ring.

The shock arrest comes six years after Kundra was banned from cricket-related activities over match-fixing charges.

Police announced his arrest late Monday, alleging he was "the key conspirator" in a case involving the creation and publication of adult films via internet apps.

Nine arrests have been made so far in connection with the investigation which was launched in February, NDTV reported.

"We've arrested Raj Kundra in this case… as he appears to be the key conspirator of this.

"We have sufficient evidence regarding this," Mumbai's police commissioner said.

During a remand hearing in court on Tuesday, the investigating officer alleged that "all the accused used to lure struggling models and actresses," reported Times Now News.

But Kundra's lawyer Adv Abad Ponda argued: "Policy custody should be an exception and not a norm.

“An arrest should be made only when the investigation cannot move further without the arrest."

Claiming his client’s arrest was 'not legal’, he gave his interpretation of apublic decency law that cops allege Kundra has flouted.

Ponda told the court that a particular section "talks about sexually explicit acts.

"Only the actual 'act of coitus' actual intercourse can be considered porn. The rest all is just vulgar content.

"Police are following what web series these days show – vulgar content.

"But that's not really porn. Nothing in this remand shows that two people actually indulged in act of intercourse. If it's not actual intercourse, it's not porn."

Kundra was remanded in to custody until July 23.

Only the actual 'act of coitus' actual intercourse can be considered porn.

An investigation was launched on February 3 after a woman approached the cops and complained about allegedly being forced to do a porn film after being promised an acting job, according to the Press Trust of India.

The film company was allegedly set up by Kundra and his brother and registered in the UK to evade India's strict cyber-laws.

Kundra has reportedly left the company and has denied any wrongdoing.

FILMS SHOT IN MUMBAI HOTELS

The porn videos were allegedly shot in houses and hotels rented in Mumbai, transferred using WeTransfer to the UK and released on paid mobile apps.

The models were wooed with promises of film offers and "forced" to shoot naked scenes for porn films, according to reports.

Kundra, who lives in Mumbai with his Bollywood actress wife and two children, faces charges of cheating and "obscene and indecent advertisements and displays".

India has stringent laws against publishing and transmitting "obscene material" and punishable by up to seven years in jail.

But watching X-rated material in private is legal.

According to adult site Pornhub, the nation of 1.3billion was its third largest source of traffic in 2018, behind the US and Britain.

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Kundra wrote: "Road blocks are temporary! Nothing can stop you!"

He has been embroiled in controversies before.

Model and actress Poonam Pandey previously filed a complaint against Kundra and his associate in the Bombay High Court after claiming Kundra's company had misused her photographs.

Kundra dismissed the allegations against him and said he had nothing to do with it.

In 2015, Kundra was also banned for life from all cricket-related activities following an investigation into match-fixing during his stint as the co-owner with Shilpa of the Rajasthan Royals.

Shilpa shot to fame in Britain during the 2007 series of Celebrity Big Brother and eventually won the series.

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