Husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and Businessman Raj Kundra since his comeback from jail is seen covering his face with a mask in public, especially near media. This made the public curious about why he does so.
However, this time Raj broke his silence for the very first time about his arrest considering the likely creation and uploading of pornographic films on mobile applications. Last year, he was booked by the Mumbai Police for his alleged involvement in the case.
He also reacted to the accusation that he is famous because of his wife. One Twitter user lashed out at Raj with the tweet, “Tujhe koi janta hi nhi to kya troll karenge wo, tu wife ki wajah se famous ho gya tha (Who is even going to troll you when no one knows you. You became famous because of your wife).” Diving into him, Kundra reacted to him with a sarcastic comeback, “Infamous bhi. #trollers”.
Meanwhile, another user snarkily asked him not to hide under a garb and instead face the music. To this, Kundra tweeted back, “I don’t hide my face from the public, I don’t wish to give media access to me. Not too difficult to understand after the media trial I have been through.”
Previously, Raj Kundra had taken to his Twitter handle to make several tweets dealing with the trolls. He had said, “Trolls, where are you all slowly vanishing, please don’t leave me.” In a different post, he also added, “‘Most’ News channels have become entertainment channels, who needs saas bahu shows. News today is all about drama drama drama. The masked man is a byproduct of today’s media!”
Mumbai Police earlier made their arrest of Kundra under related sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Information Technology Act, and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act. Following this, he was granted bail in September 2021 by a metropolitan magistrate’s court.
Kundra also issued an official statement where he considered the charges against him as a witch-hunt and a bogus ‘media trial’. He had said, “The trolling, negativity and toxic public perception has been very debilitating. To set the record straight, I do not hide my face in shame, but wish that my privacy is not intruded on anymore with this continued MEDIA TRIAL. My priority has always been my family, nothing else matters at this juncture.”