Jacqueline Fernandez admitted to receiving varied items from Sukesh Chandrashekhar, mentioned the company
New Delhi:
Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez was conscious of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s felony historical past and “cooked up a false story” to wriggle out of investigations in a multi-crore cash laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate has mentioned in its chargesheet.
Jacqueline Fernandez’s declare that she by no means knew of Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s circumstances is fake, the Enforcement Directorate says within the chargesheet that has been accessed by NDTV.
“Jacqueline Fernandez was nicely conscious concerning the felony antecedents of Sukesh Chandrashekhar and in addition the truth that Leena Maria Paul is his spouse in February 2021,” the chargesheet says.
“She consciously selected to miss his felony previous and continued to bask in monetary transactions with him,” it says.
It was her hair stylist Shaan who knowledgeable her concerning the identification and felony historical past of Sukesh Chandrashekhar in February 2021.
“Regardless of this, Jacqueline Fernandez ignored this reality and continued the connection with Sukesh and in addition acquired, used and loved the monetary advantages from Sukesh, that are nothing however proceeds of crime,” the company says.
The Enforcement Directorate, which is investigating the cash path in a Rs 200 crore extortion case in opposition to the conman, named Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused earlier this month.
Jacqueline Fernandez admitted to receiving 5 watches, 20 items of jewelry, 65 pairs of sneakers, 47 clothes, 32 luggage, 4 Hermes luggage, 9 work and one Versace crockery set as items from the conman, based on the chargesheet.
The company says Sukesh Chandrashekhar gifted two vehicles to the dad and mom of Jacqueline Fernandez in April 2021, which she didn’t disclose throughout her questioning. Solely after being confronted with proof did she admit that Sukesh had purchased her a property at Welgana in Sri Lanka.
“Regardless of being absolutely conscious of his felony historical past and that he’s lodged in Tihar Jail, Jacqueline Fernendez was knowingly a celebration or really concerned within the course of (cash laundering) through the use of or having fun with the proceeds of crime by the best way of helpful items,” the company says. She allegedly additionally requested her employees to delete knowledge on their cellphone associated to the conman.
The Enforcement Directorate alleges that Jacqueline Fernandez tried to cowl up by consistently stating that she had the truth is been a sufferer of Sukesh. “Nevertheless, throughout investigation she has failed to offer any substantial materials to determine the victimisation by Sukesh,” the chargesheet says.
She wiped her cellphone clear, deleting essential proof and this counted as tampering with proof, says the company.
The chargesheet says Chandrashekhar gave Rs 7.12 crore to the actor – Rs 1.26 crore to her sister within the US, Rs 15 lakh to her brother in Australia and items price Rs 5.71 crore.
“The lure of cash ensured that the felony historical past of the individual Jacqueline Fernandez was partaking with didn’t matter,” the Enforcement Directorate says in its chargesheet.
When Jacqueline Fernandez was questioned together with the conman, she had admitted to receiving from him 4 luggage from Gucci, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, three sneakers from Louis Vuitton and Louboutin, two outfits from Gucci, perfumes, 4 cats, a Mini Cooper, two diamond earrings and a multi coloured diamond bracelet.
Recognized for movies like “Kick”, “Bhoot Police” and “Vikrant Rona”, the actor is the one accused named in a supplementary chargesheet. She has mentioned she is a sufferer of a bigger felony conspiracy and that she was cheated.
Sukesh Chandrashekhar was arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly extorting round Rs 215 crore from Aditi Singh and Shivender Singh, former promoters of pharmaceutical big Ranbaxy.