Businessman and Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra was summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday in Bitcoin scam. Now, latest media sources report that celebs like Sunny Leone, Prachi Desai, Aarti Chabria, Sonal Chauhan, Karishma Tanna, Zareen Khan, Neha Dhupia, Huma Qureshi and Nargis Fakhri will also be questioned as they were reportedly the witnesses in the scam. Kundra was reportedly questioned for one hour.

The official statement released by Raj Kundra states, "This is to clarify that Raj Kundra has no involvement or connection to the Bitcoin scam whatsoever. He has been summoned by the  Enforcement Directorate merely as a witness. Raj is cooperating with the law enforcement agency as Amit Bhardwaj is an acquaintance and protocol is being followed. Raj's statement “Amit was to buy a team in poker league and had got into a contract with us I have come as a witness to the same."

The celebs were present in Dubai last year, where they were seen promoting the bitcoin trade and they were also paid to promoted. A criminal case of filed against the GainBitcoin+ company and the owner Amit Bhardwaj for duping people of Rs 2000 crore from the cities like Mumbai, Pune, Nanded, Kolhapur. Further development on the case is awaited.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 06, 2018 01:16 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).