Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Aug 17: In the money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, who is suspected of demanding extortion payments totaling a staggering 200 crore, actor Jacqueline Fernandez has been named as an accused.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is looking into the money trail in the extortion case, has listed the actor as one of the accused in the supplemental chargesheet it has submitted to a Delhi court.
The ED had already interrogated her and attached the actor’s property. In accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the bureau temporarily attached the actor’s assets totaling 7 crore in April (PMLA).
“Sukesh Chandrasekhar had given various gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to Jacqueline Fernandez from the proceeds of crime generated by criminal activities including extortion. “Chandrasekhar had put Pinky Irani, his long time associate and co-accused in this case to deliver the said gifts to her,” the ED had then said in a statement.
According to the ED, these presents included a horse for 52 lakh rupees and a Persian cat worth Rs 9 lakh rupees. The FBI has also claimed that Chandrashekar contributed substantial quantities of money to Fernandez’s relatives.
The ED claims Chandrashekar defrauded the family of former Ranbaxy promoters of 200 crore rupees, of which 5.71 crore were gifts given to the actor. In this investigation, the ED has made a total of eight arrests. Chandrshekhar and his wife Leena Maria Paul are among them.
