The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Wednesday fined a penalty of ₹ 3 lakh on Shilpa Shetty, her businessman husband Raj Kundra aka Ripu Sudan Kundra, and their company Viaan Industries for violation of its Insider Trading rules. The market regulator further ordered Kundra, Shetty, and their company to remit/pay the penalty within 45 days of the receipt of the order. Shilpa and Ripu are the promoters of the firm.

The SEBI said that a fine has been imposed on Kundra, Shetty, and their company for a delay of three-year in the mandatory disclosure to stock exchanges. The market regulator said the penalty has to be paid jointly and severally by Kundra and Shetty.

Securities and Exchange Board of India had conducted an investigation into the trading/dealings in the scrip of Viaan Industries Limited (formerly known as Hindustan Safety Glass Industries Limited), during the period September 01, 2013, to December 23, 2015. Pursuant to the investigations, it was observed that Ripu Sudan Kundra, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, and Viaan Industries Ltd had allegedly violated the provisions of Regulations 7(2)(a) and 7(2)(b) of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, SEBI order said.

The SEBI order noted that in 2015, Viaan Industries made a preferential allotment of 5 lakh equity shares to four persons but in the said preferential allotment, the company allotted 128,800 equity shares each to its two promoters–Kundra and Shetty amounting to ₹2.57 crore each.

As per Regulation 7(2) (a) of SEBI’s Prohibition of Insider Trading Rules, 2015, promoters of the company are required to disclose their transaction to the company within two days, if the amount exceeded ₹ 10 lakh.

Raj Kundra, 45 was arrested on July 19 by Mumbai Police in the case involving the production of pornographic content and uploading it via the app. He was booked under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292, and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays) besides relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.

On Sunday, the police had informed that four employees of Kundra have turned witnesses against him in the pornography racket case, increasing troubles for him. The employees told police that they were asked to delete clips

Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.

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