Mumbai: UK production house representative held in porn film racket

MUMBAI: City crime branch probing the porn film production racket arrested Umesh Kamat, a representative of UK-based production house Kenrin, on Monday.
He is the seventh person to be arrested in this case.
Police officials said Kamat is accused of uploading at least seven to eight porn videos shot by arrested model and actor Gehena Vasisth on social media app Hotshot.
Vasisth, who was arrested on Sunday, reportedly told the police she had sold seven to eight movies to Kamat who in turn sent these to the UK production house, which then uploaded these on Hotshot. Vasisth’s legal team has denied the charges and said she made only erotic movies.
Meanwhile, police have also summoned three more in-house production representatives for questioning in the case.
Police say they have also stumbled upon the involvement of some more models, lesser known female actors as well as a few production houses which had edited and uploaded the porn films shot by the gang on mobile apps and various websites.
Last Thursday, Mumbai crime branch’s property cell had raided Green Park bungalow at Madh Island in Malad and arrested five persons—Yasmin Beg Khan alias Rowa, Pratibha Nalawade, Monu Joshi, Bhanusuryam Thakur and Mohammed Asif alias Saify. Khan was alleedly the producer and director, Saify the cameraman, Nalawade graphic designer, Joshi actor and Thakur an assistant.