Actor Jacqueline Fernandez at a Delhi court docket for bail listening to on October 22.

New Delhi:

Investigators declare actor Jacqueline Fernandez tried to flee India after being named in a Rs 200-crore extortion case, however the alleged kingpin, Sukesh Chandrashekhar, has launched a letter defending her.

“It’s extremely, very lucky that Jacqueline has been made an accused within the PMLA (cash laundering) case,” he stated in a handwritten letter for the media, launched via his lawyer.

“We had been in a relationship and if I’ve given her and her household presents, what’s their fault… She by no means requested me for something besides loving her and standing by her,” he wrote.

He claimed that “each single penny” he spent on them was “earned via authentic sources of earnings”, including that the case in opposition to him is “a masks to a bigger conspiracy”. He reiterated his declare that he would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, and “win fingers down”.

The Enforcement Directorate has stated Ms Fernandez, who has denied any information of his crimes, acquired luxurious vehicles and different costly presents corresponding to designer purses from Sukesh Chandrashekhar.

“I acquired 4 luggage from Gucci, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, three sneakers from Louis Vuitton and Louboutin, two outfits from Gucci, perfumes, 4 cats, a Mini Cooper, two diamond earrings, a multi-coloured diamond bracelet,” she informed the probe officers, the ED has stated.

ED sources have stated she bought presents value Rs 10 crore, which included a horse value Rs 52 lakh and a Persian cat value Rs 9 lakh. In April, the probe company hooked up the actor’s belongings value over Rs 7 crore to the case as “proceeds of crime”

The 2 claimed to have met solely twice in Chennai and have principally been in contact over phone for round six months. The dates they gave of their interactions didn’t match, although.

At present Ms Fernandez, who’s on interim bail, appeared for a daily bail plea listening to in a Delhi court docket, the place the investigators stated she knew about Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s involvement in felony circumstances and that he was married, however she ignored that to make monetary transactions with him.

Her legal professionals stated she hadn’t bought any doc from the Enforcement Directorate, after which the court docket informed the ED to take action. The case will likely be heard subsequent on November 10.

Jacqueline Fernandez has stated she was unaware of presents being introduced with unlawful cash.

Opposing her plea, the ED alleged she tampered with proof throughout investigation by deleting information from her cell phone. The company additionally stated that she has not been cooperating with the investigators. She needed to depart India, however couldn’t accomplish that as her title was on the “lookout round”, or the record of individuals to be stopped from fleeing the nation, the ED stated within the court docket doc.

Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who’s jailed in Delhi, allegedly cheated many high-profile folks by posing as a authorities officer, amongst different impersonations.

One other actor, Nora Fatehi, has been questioned about presents she allegedly bought from Sukesh Chandrashekhar.