Sukesh Chandrasekhar

2022 - 8 - 17

Post cover — Image courtesy of "OpIndia"

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who received luxury gifts from ... (OpIndia)

ED names actress Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused in Rs 200 crore extortion case against conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.

In the statement, she had admitted to taking gifts and loans from Sukesh during the course of the questioning. Jacqueline told the investigators that she was unaware that Sukesh was phoning her from within Tihar jail when she was questioned. In May 2022, the list of gifts given by Sukesh Chandrashekhar to Jacqueline Fernandez came to light. Sukesh Chandrasekhar, in his statement to ED last year, had claimed that he had gifted jewellery worth Rs 7 crore to Jacqueline Fernandez. Several Bollywood personalities like Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi allegedly kept coming to the prison to meet him during his stay. During the interrogation, Sukesh Chandrasekhar confessed to giving the gifts to Jacqueline. The ED estimates that Sukesh Chandrashekhar had given gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to her. The charge sheet also mentioned the expensive gifts given to Jacqueline Fernandez by the conman. [included](https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ed-names-jacqueline-fernandez-in-rs-200-crore-extortion-case-11660716298409.html) Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused in the Rs 200 crore extortion case against conman Sukesh Chandrashekar. It has identified the actress as an accused, stating that she was aware that the gifts were purchased with illicit money. Its supplemental charge sheet says that Chandrashekar offered Fernandez gifts worth over Rs 5 crores from the money he swindled. Jacqueline Fernandez was added as an accused by the ED in a supplementary charge sheet filed in a Delhi court.

ED to name Jacqueline Fernandez as accused in Sukesh ... (The Indian Express)

The federal probe agency is expected to file a fresh (supplementary) charge sheet or prosecution complaint in this case on Wednesday before a special Prevention ...

In addition to these gifts, it said, Chandrasekhar also gave “funds to the tune of USD 1,72,913 (about Rs 1.3 crore as per current exchange rate) and AUD 26740 (approx. The actor, a Sri Lanka national, debuted in the Hindi film industry in 2009. [India News](https://indianexpress.com/section/india/), download [Indian Express App.](https://indianexpress.page.link/aeiu) [Jacqueline Fernandez](https://indianexpress.com/about/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. [attached Rs 7.27 crore funds of the actor](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ed-attaches-assets-actor-jacqueline-fernandez-7894930/) under the PMLA apart from Rs 15 lakh cash as the agency called these funds “proceeds of crime”. [Delhi](https://indianexpress.com/section/cities/delhi/) and the actor has been arraigned in it as an accused, they said.

ED accuses actress Jacqueline Fernandez of laundering money in ... (ThePrint)

The probe agency had earlier said the conman gave expensive gifts to the actress from the swindled money – amounting to Rs 5.71 crore.

This is when the two started talking, sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told ThePrint in July. The conman was arrested in 2017 by the Delhi Police for allegedly taking money from AIADMK leader T.T.V. The probe agency said this carrier was Chadrasekhar’s long-time associate Pinky Irani. He promised to acquire the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ symbol for the V.K. There has been trouble for Fernandez ever since the ED made her a witness and a possible “beneficiary” of the money-laundering racket allegedly run by Chandrasekhar. However, Fernandez – who has been questioned several times by the ED — told investigators that she was not even aware that Chandrasekhar was calling her from jail, and that she often wondered why he “avoided meeting her at occasions”.

ED Names Jacqueline Fernandez As Accused In Chandrasekhar's ... (SheThePeople)

Jacqueline Fernandez is implicated in a chargesheet that will be filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the Sukesh Chandrasekhar 200-crore money laundering ...

It is with this trust that I would request my media friends to not circulate images of a nature that intrude on my privacy and personal space. I’m currently going through a rough patch but I’m sure that my friends and fans will see me through it. At the same time, I would like to again be certain that none of it was the ‘proceeds of so-called crime’. It is all from legitimate earnings and the same would be proved in the court of law very soon.” He told me that he is the owner of Sun TV and from the political family of Jayalalithaa,” Jacqueline told the ED, as reported by Press Trust of India. The relationship had lots of love and respect for each other, without any expectations.

Jacqueline Fernandez Extortion Case: How Actress Was Contacted ... (News18)

Jacqueline Fernandez was contacted by conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar via her hairdresser, while he was inside Tihar Jail.

She was grilled by the agency for eight hours. She was last issued summons for recording of her statement in June as the agency was tracing the remaining proceeds of crime in this case. Earlier, Sukesh’s lawyer had also informed the media that the actress was dating him. The Kick actress has been summoned several times by the Enforcement Directorate in connection to the money laundering case. This was also the time when Covid struck and there was a lockdown. The actress has been named an accused in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the Rs 200 crore extortion case against conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.

ED Calls Jacqueline Fernandez Accused In Sukesh ... (BollywoodShaadis.com)

In Enforcement Directorate's supplementary charge sheet filed in Delhi has mentioned popular actress, Jacqueline Fernandez as the accused in Sukesh.

With her flawless beauty and fabulous performances on the big screen in many movies, she is absolutely a true diva in every way. While Sukesh Chandrasekhar is behind bars at the moment, it will be interesting to see how the events will unfold in Jacqueline Fernandez's case after the ED mentioned her as 'accused' in the money laundering case. The actress also shared that she never met him after he was arrested in 2021. If the reports are to be believed, the ED has already admitted that the defendants and witnesses in the Rs. Currently, the actress is going through a rough patch after she was identified as a defendant by the Enforcement Directorate in the Rs. With her flawless beauty and acting chops on the big screen in many big-budget movies, Jacqueline is one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood.