Actress Jacqueline Fernandez has been named an accused in the money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, who faces charges of extortion amounting to a huge ₹ 200 crore.
The actress has named an accused in the supplementary chargesheet registered in a Delhi court by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the money trail in the extortion case.
Prior, the ED had attached assets belonging to the actress and had likewise questioned her. The agency in April provisionally attached ₹ 7 crore assets of the actress under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
“Sukesh Chandrasekhar had given various gifts worth ₹ 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.
Among these gifts were a horse worth ₹ 52 lakh and a Persian cat worth ₹ 9 lakh, the ED has claimed. The agency has likewise affirmed that Chandrashekar gave big sums of money to the family members of Ms Fernandez.
The ED has claimed that Chandrashekar has given gifts worth ₹ 5.71 crores to the actress from the ₹ 200 crores he allegedly swindled of the family of former Ranbaxy promoters.
