India, Sept. 26 -- Lawyers of actor Shilpa Shetty have dismissed reports that she allegedly received Rs.15 crore from her husband, businessman Raj Kundra, a decade ago in a transaction that is being investigated by the Economic Offence Wing, Mumbai. Raj Kundra is being probed in connection with a Rs.60 crore cheating case. In an official statement on Friday, Shilpa's team called the reports "totally fake and mischievous."

The statement added that she has moved the Bombay High Court to seek "relief against the defamatory campaign." Shilpa's lawyers said that she is "compelled to initiate criminal and civil cases against all the fake media articles."

"We shall go to the root of mischief and adopt the due process of law to file criminal pr...