Bombay High Court Directs Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra to Deposit ₹60 Crore for Consideration of Foreign Travel Plea

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra to deposit ₹60 crore with the court registry if they wanted their plea to travel abroad to be considered. The direction came during the hearing of a petition filed by the couple challenging the look-out circulars (LOCs) issued against them by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police. EOW’s Look-Out Circular and the ₹60.48-Crore Cheating Case The case stems from a ₹60.48-crore cheating complaint linked to the couple’s now-defunct online retail venture, Best Deal TV Pvt. Ltd. The EOW had issued look-out circulars on September 5, 2025 , preventing Shetty and Kundra from leaving India while the investigation was ongoing. The LOCs were based on a complaint filed by Deepak Kothari , a city-based businessman and director of Lotus Capital Financial Services , who alleged that Shetty and Kundra had diverted investor funds for personal use between 2015 an...