Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra seem to have found themselves in legal trouble as their Mumbaihome was raided by the Income Tax department on Thursday over suspicion of tax evasion. This comes after a Rs 60 crore cheating case was filed against the couple. Additionally, a complaint was also filed against Shilpa’s Bengaluru restaurant Bastian.

A FIR has been registered against Bastion, located in Bengaluru’s St Marks, after the restaurant was allegedly found operating beyond the stipulated hours, hosting late-night parties and violating rules on December 11. According to the FIR, the police officer, on special patrol duty within the police station limits, followed a tip-off from an informant, which led him to inspect the restaurant. “At around 1.30 am, when the complainant visited the restaurant, it was found that the manager was operating it unauthorisedly beyond the timings fixed by the government,” the FIR stated.

On the other hand, the actor and her husband are also fighting accusations of cheating a businessman out of Rs 60 crore in an investment deal. The Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing earlier today charged the couple with cheating. The Rs 60 crore cheating case was filed by the police after receiving a complaint from Mumbai-based businessman Deepak Kothari. He claimed that between 2015 and 2023, he invested around Rs 60 crore in Best Deal TV Pvt Ltd, a company linked to the couple, on the basis of assurances of returns and repayment.            According to reports, the income tax department searched Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra’s home in Mumbai on Thursday, a day after a raid at the Bastian Bengaluru outlet. The raid comes at a time when Shilpa Shetty is facing two legal troubles. The first was a complaint earlier filed against the Bengaluru outlet of her high-end restaurant, Bastian. for operating past the legal closing hours. Secondly, Shilpa and her Raj are also facing cheating charges in a Rs 60 crore fraud case.