Jacqueline Fernandez admitted to receiving numerous presents from Sukesh Chandrashekhar, mentioned the company
New Delhi:
Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez was conscious of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s legal historical past and “cooked up a false story” to wriggle out of investigations in a multi-crore cash laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate has mentioned in its chargesheet.
Jacqueline Fernandez’s declare that she by no means knew of Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s circumstances is fake, the Enforcement Directorate says within the chargesheet that has been accessed by NDTV.
“Jacqueline Fernandez was effectively conscious in regards to the legal antecedents of Sukesh Chandrashekhar and likewise the truth that Leena Maria Paul is his spouse in February 2021,” the chargesheet says.
It was her hair stylist Shaan who knowledgeable her in regards to the identification and legal historical past of Sukesh Chandrashekhar in February 2021.
“Regardless of this, Jacqueline Fernandez ignored this reality and continued the connection with Sukesh and likewise obtained, used and loved the monetary advantages from Sukesh, that are nothing hut proceeds of crime,” the company says.
The Enforcement Directorate, which is investigating the cash path in a Rs 200 crore extortion case towards the conman, named Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused earlier this month.
Jacqueline Fernandez admitted to receiving 5 watches, 20 items of jewelry, 65 pairs of sneakers, 47 attire, 32 luggage, 4 Hermes luggage, 9 work and one Versace crockery set as presents from the conman, in response to the chargesheet.
The company says Sukesh Chandrashekhar gifted two automobiles to the dad and mom of Jacqueline Fernandez in April 2021, which she didn’t disclose throughout her questioning. Solely after being confronted with proof did she admit that Sukesh had purchased her a property at Welgana in Sri Lanka.
“Regardless of being totally conscious of his legal historical past and that he’s lodged in Tihar Jail, Jacqueline Fernendez was knowingly a celebration or really concerned within the course of (cash laundering) by utilizing or having fun with the proceeds of crime by the way in which of priceless presents,” the company says. She allegedly additionally requested her workers to delete information on their cellphone associated to the conman.
The Enforcement Directorate alleges that Jacqueline Fernandez tried to cowl up by continuously stating that she had in truth been a sufferer of Sukesh. “Nonetheless, throughout investigation she has failed to supply any substantial materials to determine the victimisation by Sukesh,” the chargesheet says.
She wiped her cellphone clear, deleting essential proof and this counted as tampering with proof, says the company.
The chargesheet says Chandrashekhar gave Rs 7.12 crore to the actor – Rs 1.26 crore to her sister within the US, Rs 15 lakh to her brother in Australia and presents price Rs 5.71 crore.
“The lure of cash ensured that the legal historical past of the particular person Jacqueline Fernandez was participating with didn’t matter,” the Enforcement Directorate says in its chargesheet.
Jacqueline Fernandez, recognized for movies like “Kick”, “Bhoot Police” and “Vikrant Rona”, is the one accused named in a supplementary chargesheet. She has mentioned she is a sufferer of a bigger legal conspiracy and that she was cheated.
