Actors Nikki Tamboli, Sofia Singh Visit Jail To Recreate Meet With Conman

New Delhi:

A Delhi Police staff took two actresses contained in the Tihar jail to “recreate” their alleged assembly with conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar as a part of a probe right into a Rs 200-crore extortion case, officers mentioned on Monday.

The police mentioned ever since Chandrasherkar has been jailed, the jail had turn out to be a hub of unlawful actions which he carried out with the assistance of jail officers.

The staff of Delhi Police’s Financial Offences Wing took actresses Nikki Tamboli and Sofia Singh to the Tihar’s central jail primary on Saturday to “recreate” their conferences with the ‘conman’ as a part of the continuing probe, a senior police officer mentioned.

Chandrashekhar, who’s presently in jail, is accused of dishonest numerous individuals, together with high-profile people comparable to former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s spouse Aditi Singh.

The EOW has up to now questioned Bollywood actors — Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi together with former TV anchor Pinky Irani and stylist Leepakshi Ellawadi, officers mentioned.

Throughout his keep in Tihar, many individuals together with celebrities arrived in luxurious vehicles and gained entry contained in the jail by saying they had been there to fulfill Chandrashekar, the officer mentioned.

Tamboli has featured in a few actuality exhibits whereas Singh has acted in Hindi and Telegu motion pictures, officers mentioned.

Videography of all the recreation of the assembly was additionally achieved, police mentioned.

“Many individuals visited Chandrashekhar contained in the jail. Nonetheless, we’re solely summoning those that are related to our investigation. At the moment, Chandrashekar is jailed in Mandoli Jail,” the official mentioned.

Particular Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav mentioned, “We’re doing a radical investigation within the case and that is why we have now recreated the scene of assembly of the actresses with Chandrashekhar.

“That has given us a transparent understanding of how this fraud was carried out. This can assist us in prosecution.” Investigation has additionally revealed that Chandrashekar had a correct workplace contained in the jail with tv, couch, carpet and different facilities. It appeared like his workplace and never jail, one other police officer mentioned.

“Jail safety was compromised. Luxurious vehicles used to go contained in the jail after guests claimed they had been going to fulfill Sukesh. Safety checks weren’t achieved for these going to fulfill Chandrashekar. He had a lot cash that he was spending crores on jail officers. Nobody stopped him since he had bribed jail officers,” he added.

More often than not, Chandrashekhar launched himself both as a enterprise tycoon from the south, a film producer or a tv channel proprietor and lured actors by providing them roles in “his upcoming motion pictures”, the police mentioned.

The investigation of the case remains to be underway and up to now, no clear chit has been given to any of the actors concerned within the case, they mentioned.

“Investigation additionally counsel that Chandrashekhar had contacted different actors as nicely with the identical modus operandi. The 2 actors had been launched to the alleged conman via Pinki Irani who has already been questioned by the EOW staff,” the officer mentioned.

He added that these unlawful actions of Chandrashekhar and his operations had been carried out with the involvement of senior jails officers.

“We’re investigating the position of every of those jail officers who had been working for Chandraskehar. Below Maharashtra Management of Organised Crime Act, six Tihar jail officers have already been arrested. The position of different jail officers are underneath scrutiny,” the officer mentioned.

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