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Actor Jacqueline Fernandez approached the Supreme Court seeking relief in a Rs 215-crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
Jacqueline Fernandez Seeks SC’s Intervention In ED Case (Photo Credits: Instagram)
Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez has approached the Supreme Court to contest the Delhi High Court’s decision not to cancel a money laundering case against her. The case, associated with notorious conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar involving Rs 215 crore money laundering, was lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih will hear her petition on Monday, September 22.
The ED has named Fernandez as a co-accused in the money laundering case, which involves fraud of over Rs 200 crore. In its chargesheet filed on August 17, 2022, the ED claimed that Fernandez continued to accept extravagant gifts from Chandrashekhar, despite being aware of his criminal activities.
The Delhi HC accepted ED’s acquisition against Fernandez that mentioned concealing receipts of proceedings of crime and also used wiped out data from her phone to hide evidence. ED alleged that Fernandez admitted it after confrontation.
However, Jacqueline Fernandez rejected the claims by ED and stated that she had no knowledge of Chandrashekhar’s criminal history.
Over the years, the controversy around Jacqueline Fernandez and Sukesh Chandrashekhar keeps buzzing. Their intimate pictures went viral on social media in 2022. Even after being in jail, Chandrashekhar keeps sending lavish gifts and love letters to Fernandez.
Jacqueline Fernandez has been interrogated several times by the ED and later also by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi police. She was named in a supplementary charge sheet by the agency.
In a statement, ED said, “Sukesh Chandrasekhar had given various gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to 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.”
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