Sri Lanka, Oct. 8 -- Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty has once again been stopped from leaving the country. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused her request to travel to Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a YouTube event scheduled between October 25 and 29, citing pending fraud allegations worth Rs 60 crore.

The court made it clear that Shetty must first pay the pending amount before her request for foreign travel could even be considered. The decision comes as part of a larger investigation led by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police.

The bench observed that a Lookout Circular (LOC) issued against Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra is still active, which legally prevents them from travelling abroad without explicit permi...