The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has decided to name Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez As an accused in the multi-crore money laundering case related to the alleged thief sukesh chandrashekhar and others, officials said on Aug. 17.
The federal probe agency is expected to file a fresh (supplemental) charge sheet or prosecution complaint in the case before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi on August 17 and charge the actor as an accused in it. Gone, he said.
36 year old actor The matter has been questioned several times by the agency, last in June. The Sri Lankan civilian actor made his debut in the Hindi film industry in 2009.
The ED in April temporarily attached the actor’s funds of ₹7.27 crore under PMLA in addition to ₹15 lakh in cash as the agency called these funds “proceeds of crime”.
“Sukesh Chandrashekhar had given various gifts of ₹ 5.71 crore to Jacqueline Fernandez out of proceeds of crime arising out of criminal activities including extortion.
The ED had then said in a statement, “Chandrashekhar had hired his longtime associate and co-accused in this case, Pinky Irani, to give the said gift.”
In addition to these gifts, he said, Mr. Chandrashekhar “also gave an amount of $1,72,913”. [about ₹1.3 crore as per current exchange rate] and AUD26740 [approx. ₹14 lakh] Close family members of Fernandez from the proceeds of crime through co-accused Avtar Singh Kochhar, an established and renowned international hawala operator.
The agency said that its investigation found that Mr. Chandrashekhar had “given a cash advance of ₹15 lakh to a screenwriter on Fernandez’s behalf to write the script for his web series project.”
The ED has alleged that Mr Chandrashekhar used illegal money to buy gifts for Ms Fernandez, which he had extorted by duping high-profile people including Aditi Singh, wife of Shivinder Mohan Singh, a former Fortis Healthcare promoter.
He is alleged to have impersonated Ms. Aditi Singh and her sister as Union Home Secretary and Law Secretary over the phone.