Who Is Nandita Dutta, Bengali Actor Arrested For Allegedly Running Porn Racket?

Who is Nandita Dutta? The actor famously known online as 'Nancy Bhabhi' has been arrested in West Bengal for allegedly running a pornography racket, as per reports. The 30-year-old is a popular model with work in the OTT content space.

Dutta and a shooting assistant named Mainak Ghosh were taken into custody Friday, accused of luring aspiring models into pornography either by promising them a big break or through threats. They have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including for molestation and buying of persons as slaves.

Their arrest comes following a police complaint by two women on July 26, according to Times of India. Both young models, they alleged they were forced into nude adult video shoots in Ballygunge and New Town. Police in the state recently busted a porn racket at multiple locations, with New Town in focus where a photographer and make-up artist were arrested.

What To Know About Who Is Nandita Dutta

Dutta describes herself on her social media profiles as a freelance model and actor interested in the "latest fashion trends." She has appeared in work for short films, in Tollywood and online series.

Cops are investigating an extended link in the Bengal porn racket to a larger case, indicatively the Raj Kundra pornography production case. The two women who complained in Bengal of being coerced into porn shoots have alleged some content was uploaded to websites and platforms associated with Kundra. Read about it here.

The husband of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, Kundra was arrested July 19 in Mumbai for his alleged role in a case of publishing illegal porn content online via an app called Hotshots. The explosive case has uncovered a network of persons involved with the adult entertainment industry in Maharashtra, with over a dozen arrests made since the big porn racket bust on Madh Island in February this year.

Model-actors like Gehana Vasisth, Poonam Pandey and Sherlyn Chopra who have been named in the Hotshots case are actively speaking out with allegations. Here's what they are saying.