The probe company chargesheet acknowledged that actor Jacqueline knew about Sukesh’s involvement in legal instances
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez on Wednesday appeared earlier than the Financial Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police in reference to the Rs 200 crore cash laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
Jacqueline arrived on the Delhi Police EOW workplace at Mandir Marg earlier at present.
A senior police officer advised ANI that EOW has ready a listing of inquiries to be answered by Jacqueline. The questions had been based mostly on her relationship with Sukesh and the items she acquired from him. She may also be requested what number of instances she had met or contacted Sukesh over the cellphone throughout that interval, the officer added.
In the meantime, Pinky Irani, who had apparently launched Jacqueline Fernandez to Sukesh Chandrashekhar, additionally arrived on the workplace of the Financial Offences Wing of Delhi Police on Wednesday in reference to the cash laundering case.
She has been summoned by EOW to hitch the investigation.
Irani has apparently helped Sukesh to contact Jacqueline Fernandez as she knew each of them. In accordance with sources, Pinky and Jacqueline could be confronted throughout questioning to get extra readability within the case. Jacqueline has been communicated that her investigation may get stretched for a few days or again to again and therefore advised to plan her keep in Delhi accordingly.
Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) named Jacqueline of their chargesheet within the cash laundering case that entails Sukesh.
The probe company chargesheet acknowledged that actor Jacqueline knew about Sukesh’s involvement in legal instances however she selected to miss his legal previous and acquired concerned in monetary transactions with him.
“The set of questions ready for Jacqueline is totally different from that had been requested to Nora Fatehi, who was earlier referred to as for questioning into the case,” mentioned one other officer.
They need to additionally discover out if each the actresses concerned within the case had been conscious of one another receiving items, the officer added.
In September-October 2021, the enforcement company recorded statements of Fatehi the place she acknowledged having obtained items from the alleged conman and his actor spouse Leena.
ED had registered a cash laundering case within the alleged rip-off over the FIR registered by the Delhi Police. The company had earlier acknowledged that Fernandez’s statements had been recorded on August 30 and October 20, 2021, the place she admitted to having obtained items from Chandrashekar.
It additionally mentioned that Fernandez had used proceeds of crime and purchased helpful items for herself and her relations in India in addition to overseas which quantities to an offence of cash laundering beneath part 3 of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act 2002.
Sukesh Chandrashekhar, a local of Bengaluru in Karnataka, is presently lodged in a Delhi jail and faces over 10 legal instances registered towards him.
Chandrashekhar has been accused of extorting Rs 200 crore when he was lodged in Rohini jail, from Aditi Singh, the spouse of jailed former Ranbaxy proprietor Shivinder Singh, whereas posing as an official from the union regulation ministry and the PMO, on the pretext of getting her husband out on bail.
