Model-actress Nandita Dutta, known primarily for featuring in adult OTT contents, has been arrested along with an associate named Mainak Ghosh in a porn racket in Kolkata. According to reports, the 30-year-old actress had allegedly forced young models to turn to pornography either by issuing threats or under the guise of fake promises of opportunities in OTT platforms. Nandita is known for her appearances in semi-porn features under the screen name "Nancy Bhabi" and was apprehended along with Mainak from their residences in Dum Dum and Naktala based on a complaint filed by two models with the New Town Police on July 26. 

In their statements, one of the two models claimed that she had been forced to shoot a nude video at a Ballygunge studio, while one of her friends had been told to film an adult video at a New Town hotel. The arrests have taken place after Bidhannagar Police had sometime back conducted a raid on a porn racket in New Town and Salt Lake, and arrested a photographer, including a make-up artist based on similar complaints that were received last week. Early investigation has apparently revealed these groups approach women from lower middle-class families and persuade them for work. It is being stated they offer these women easy money and lure them into filming the videos or threaten them with dire consequences, including false promises of big chances in the world of entertainment. 

The arrested have been sent to police custody for a week after being produced at a Barasat court. Reports say the police are currently investigating whether these porn rackets have any association with the ongoing controversial Raj Kundra pornography case. A senior officer of the Bidhannagar Commissionerate said, "We will grill them for their other accomplices and also to know about places where they organised the shoots. We will also question them to know where they used to sell videos and if they were part of a larger racket."