Sara Ali Khan informed the ED that somebody named Reddy contacted her and needed to present her a automotive. (File)
New Delhi:
An alleged affiliate of jailed ‘conman’ Sukesh Chandrasekhar “projected” him as a enterprise tycoon in order that he may get in contact with varied feminine fashions and actors and he or she even took a few of them to satisfy him contained in the Tihar jail in 2018, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has stated in a just lately filed cost sheet.
Pinky Irani alias Angel, 53, was arrested on this case by the company in December final yr. She was just lately granted bail by a Delhi court docket.
She has been accused by the Enforcement Directorate of indulging in cash laundering and allegedly serving to Chandrasekhar in getting in contact with actor Jacqueline Fernandez and sending her costly presents on his behalf.
Ms Fernandez has been questioned a number of instances on this case. Dancer-actor Nora Fatehi has additionally recorded her assertion with the ED up to now.
A supplementary cost sheet, detailing the position of Mumbai-based Irani within the cash laundering case in opposition to 32-year-old Chandrasekhar and others, was filed by the ED early this month earlier than a court docket in New Delhi.
The company, on this prosecution grievance, has hooked up replies despatched to it by Bollywood actors Bhumi Pednekar, Sara Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor, who had been equally approached by Chandrasekhar allegedly by Irani.
Chandrasekhar and his spouse Leena Maria Paul are being probed by the Delhi Police in addition to the ED for allegedly dishonest and extorting cash from some wealthy individuals, together with people like former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s spouse Aditi Singh.
Investigation by the businesses discovered that Chandrasekhar, whereas he was lodged in Delhi’s Rohini jail, allegedly ran an extortion racket utilizing telephone spoofing know-how. He was later shifted to the Tihar jail.
The ED is monitoring the beneficiaries of this allegedly extorted cash and the complete funds path. To this point, the company has not known as these actors or fashions as accused as they might be witnesses in figuring out the proceeds of crime.
On this pursuit, the company recorded the statements of some younger fashions whose hyperlinks it received after questioning Pinky Irani.
A minimum of three out of the 4 fashions informed the ED that they had been “launched” to Chandrasekhar by Pinky Irani they usually even met him unrestricted on the Tihar jail in 2018 alongside along with her.
“Pinky Irani was an in depth confidant and advisor of Chandrasekhar. Not solely did she create a facade of being a businessman for Chandrasekhar, she additionally allowed him to challenge himself as a person of means and a free man by making certain that he may ship what he needed,” the ED claimed.
In response to the cost sheet, Bhumi Pednekar submitted her reply to the company early this yr stating that Pinky Irani messaged her saying she was the “vice chairman (of) HR News Specific Put up and knowledgeable her that their group chairman (Chandrasekhar) is a fan of hers and needed to talk along with her about an enormous challenge and likewise needed to present her a automotive.”
The 32-year-old actor informed the company that “she didn’t obtain any presents from Chandrasekhar or his associates, together with Pinky Irani, nor has she ever met or had any kind of private interplay, both social or skilled, with them.”
Sara Ali Khan informed the ED that she didn’t know anybody by the identify of Sukesh Chandrasekhar or Shekhar however somebody within the identify of “Mr. Suraj Reddy did WhatsApp her on 21.05.2021 saying he want to present her a automotive as a household gesture and talked about that his CEO Mrs Irani had tried to contact her.”
Ms Khan, 26, stated the Reddy particular person continued to insist on giving her presents and he or she continually refused the identical.
“Nevertheless, after many makes an attempt of refusing him, she did agree on receiving a field of sweets from him and thereafter he despatched a Franck Muller watch together with the sweets,” the ED stated.
Janhvi Kapoor informed the ED that whereas she was not approached by Chandrasekhar or Pinky Irani, she was contacted by a girl who recognized herself as Leena from an organization known as Nail Artistry relating to being a celeb visitor on the launch of a salon in Bengaluru.
She wrote to the company saying she inaugurated the salon in July final yr and obtained a branded luxurious bag and an expert charge of Rs 18.94 lakh in her checking account. She despatched an announcement of the transaction to the ED.
Nail Artistry is acknowledged to be the enterprise enterprise of Leena Maria Paul.
“…it was established that by projecting Sukesh Chandrasekhar as a enterprise tycoon she (Irani) established his contacts with varied fashions/actresses and hid his actual id and received varied fashions/actresses in contact with Chandrasekhar.
“She took a few of them to Tihar Jail to satisfy Sukesh Chandrasekhar and he or she impersonated as Alka Kumar, P Kumar, Angel Okay, CFO of Jaya TV/Solar TV and CFO of News Specific Put up for contacting these fashions/actresses,” the ED alleged within the cost sheet.
The identical modus operandi was utilized by Irani and Chandrasekhar to method Jacqueline Fernandez by her make-up artist S Muthathil, it stated.
The ED has arrested Chandrasekhar, Paul, Pinky Irani, two different co-accused, Pradeep Ramnani and Deepak Ramnani on this case.
In August final yr, it had raided a few of Chandrasekhar’s premises and seized a sea-facing bungalow in Chennai, Rs 82.5 lakh in money and over a dozen luxurious vehicles.
In an announcement, it had claimed that Chandrasekhar is a “identified conman” and is being probed by the Delhi Police in a case of alleged prison conspiracy, dishonest and extortion to the tune of about Rs 200 crore.
“Chandrasekhar is the mastermind of this fraud. He has been a part of the crime world because the age of 17. He has a number of FIRs in opposition to him…,” the ED had stated.
Regardless of being within the jail, it stated, Chandrasekhar “didn’t cease conning” individuals.
“He (utilizing a cellular phone procured illegally in jail) with the assistance of know-how made spoofed calls to dupe individuals because the numbers displayed on the known as social gathering’s telephone quantity belonged to senior authorities officers.
“Whereas talking (from jail) to those individuals, he claimed to be a authorities officer providing to assist individuals for a value,” the ED had claimed.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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