India, Nov. 11 -- Actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband and businessman Raj Kundra have moved the Bombay High Court, seeking to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police for allegedly cheating businessman Deepak Kothari of Rs.60.48 crore.

The couple's plea seeking quashing of the FIR was filed on October 8 following which the division bench of justices Shree Chandrashekhar and Gautam Ankhad directed them to serve a copy of the petition to Kothari. The next hearing in the case is scheduled on November 20.

According to the FIR against Shetty and Kundra, the couple needed a loan of Rs.75 crore for their company, M/s Best Deal, engaged in the online retail business. They met Kotha...