Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 16: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in another case of extortion and money laundering. Sukesh has also been sent to a remand of nine days.
As per information, he was arrested in an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) registered by the ED for allegedly duping ex-Religare promotor Malvinder Singh’s wife Japna Singh of Rs 3.5 crore.
In the complaint, Chandrashekar had called Japna by impersonating himself as a government official and extorted money from her while he was lodged in Tihar jail.
The Patiala House Court’s Additional Session Judge Shailender Malik has sent him on nine-day ED remand.
While seeking remand the ED submitted that there is material evidence and reasons to believe that Sukesh is guilty of money laundering as per Section 3 punishable under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He is involved in the laundering of criminal proceeds and in projecting the proceeds of crime as untainted.
The ED said that custodial interrogation of the accused is essential to establish a money trail of the Proceeds of the Crime.
Notably, Chandrasekhar and his actor wife Leena Maria Paul were arrested by the Delhi police in September 2022 for their alleged role in the duping case. Moreover, Bollywood actors Jacqueline Fernandez, Nora Fatehi and several other names surfaced during the investigation of the Economic Offence Wing of the Delhi Police and the ED.
