Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi Police summoned Jacqueline Fernandez for questioning on September 12 in connection with a multi-crore money laundering case.
New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its charge sheet on Wednesday said that Jacqueline Fernandez was aware of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s criminal history. The probe agency said that the Bollywood actress cooked up a false story during investigation of a multi-crore money laundering case.
Jacqueline Fernandez knew about the criminal history of Sukesh Chandrashekhar and Leena Maria Paul is his wife. She overlooked his criminal past and continued to indulge in financial transactions with him, it said.
Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi Police summoned Jacqueline Fernandez for questioning on September 12 in connection with a multi-crore money laundering case which is linked to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The Bollywood actress has also been summoned by a Delhi court on September 26 in the same case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on August 17 made Fernandez an accused in the Rs 215 crore extortion case involving conman Sukesh ChandraShekhar. Jacqueline’s involvement in the case had come after her picture went viral with conman Sukesh earlier. It had been reported that the actress was aware that the conman was an extortionist.
The probe agency had named Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused but the actress has denied any such involvement. The actress had told the agency that both were dating each other. Conman Sukesh Chandrashekar is accused of extorting money from big people like businessmen, political leaders and celebrities. He is also accused of extorting Rs 215 crore in one year from a businessman’s wife while he was lodged in a Delhi jail.
On April 30, the financial probe agency had attached assets worth Rs 7.27 crore of Fernandez in the extortion case filed against conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The attached assets included a fixed deposit worth Rs 7.12 crore under Fernandez.
Apart from the fixed deposits, gifts given by Chandrashekhar to Fernandez were also attached. The move by the central agency had come after a provisional order was issued by it under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
It was also alleged that Chandrashekhar used to purchase gifts for Fernandez using illegal money, extorted by cheating high-profile people, including former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi Singh.
Meanwhile, Fernandez had told the police that she ‘received’ gifts like three designer bags from Gucci, Chanel, two Gucci outfits for gym wear, a pair of Louis Vuitton shoes, two pairs of diamond earrings and a bracelet of multi-coloured stones and two Hermes bracelets from Chandrashekhar. Fernandez was questioned last year.
