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₹200 crore fraud: Jacqueline Fernandez appears before Delhi court




Actress Jacqueline Fernandez on Monday arrived at the Patiala House Court in the national capital in connection with the ₹200 crore money laundering case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar.

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez on Monday arrived at the Patiala House Court in the national capital in connection with the ₹200 crore money laundering case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar.

On 30 November, the Delhi Police arrested Pinky Irani from Mumbai, who is said to be a close aide of Chandrashekhar, and introduced her to Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez.

According to the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW), the accused Pinky Irani used to pose him (Sukesh) as a business tycoon and the accused used to help some Bollywood personalities to contact the main accused Sukesh Chandrasekhar.

It is also alleged that accused Pinky Irani has played a key role in settling the amount extorted from the complainant and other sources.

Earlier, the Delhi Police recorded the statement of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in the court under Section 164, after she said she wanted to give some important information in the ₹200 crore fraud case involving conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.

The Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police filed a charge sheet in 2021 naming 14 accused including conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, his wife Leena Maria Paul and others. The charge sheet was filed under various sections of the IPC and provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act. MCOCA).

According to the EOW, Leena, Sukesh and others used the hawala route, creating shell companies to hide the proceeds of crime.

The EOW of Delhi Police had registered an FIR against Chandrasekhar for allegedly defrauding the wives of former Ranbaxy promoters Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh of ₹200 crore, besides the ongoing investigation against him in several cases across the country.

According to the prosecution, the EOW has extorted more than ₹200 crore from Rohini jail inmate Sukesh Chandrasekhar for allegedly cheating the wives of former Religare promoters Malvinder and Shivinder Singh, who are currently in Tihar Jail. Has increased its investigation in the case related to.

Investigation revealed that accused Sukesh Chandrasekhar had cheated Shivinder's wife Aditi Singh and Malvinder's wife Japna Singh of several crores of rupees. The women claimed that they paid crores of rupees to a conman posing as an officer of the Union Law Ministry to secure bail for their husbands and ensure their safety.

Chandrasekhar and his associates allegedly extorted money from Aditi by posing as a government official and promising to get bail for her husband. As per reports, Chandrasekhar persuaded Aditi to transfer money while he was lodged in Rohini Jail by posing as a Central Government official on spoof calls and promising to arrange bail for her husband.

Both Chandrasekhar and his actor wife Leena Maria Paul were arrested by the Delhi Police in September last year for their alleged role in the cheating case.

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