Model's father held for running porn DVD business

Mumbai, Jan 11: The police arrested model-actor Mishti Mukherjee's father and brother from the rented flat of an IAS officer at Oshiwara on Thursday, for conducting a porn CD-DVD business from the premises.

The police have registered an offence against the duo under section 292 (storing and distributing obscene object) of the Indian Penal Code along with relevant sections of the Information Technology Act. The police seized around two lakh CDs and DVDs worth Rs 25 lakh from the flat.

"The accused were producing DVDs in the flat and would sell them in the market. Initial investigations have ruled out Mishti's involvement," senior police inspector Nasir Pathan said.

The police will produce Chandrakant Mukherjee, 60, and Samrat Mukherjee, 35, before a court on Friday.

The police said that they would decide if they need to call the flat owner, O P Gupta, BEST general manager, for his statement after checking all details. Gupta has been renting out his flat at Meera Tower to Mishti for six years. A statement by a BEST spokesperson on his behalf said, "There was no complaint against the family (to Gupta). Whatever has happened is very unfortunate and they will be removed immediately."

Ukrainian models used to allegedly live in the flat earlier. If immigration officials summoned them, a senior bureaucrat from Delhi used to call up and exert pressure to go soft on the issue.