This ED case is based on an FIR filed by Delhi Police`s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) against Sukesh Chandrasekhar who is accused of cheating and extorting Aditi Singh, wife of the former promoter of Religare Enterprises Shivinder Mohan Singh, who was arrested in October 2019 in a case related to alleged misappropriation of funds at Religare Finvest Ltd.Ĭhandrasekhar and his associates reportedly took money from Aditi after posing as government officials and promising to get bail for her husband. The federal agency recorded Fernandez`s statement in its more than six-hour questioning here in August end.Another actress Nora Fatehi was also questioned by the ED here in connection with the same case for the second time on Thursday.ĮD is looking into various people who are directly or indirectly connected to this case.Reports suggest that the ED is looking into the possibility that money was invested abroad and it was led by Chandrasekhar, who is accused in 21 cases. Earlier, the ED questioned the actress here in August. She was again summoned earlier this month with direction to appear before the investigators today (October 15). Jacqueline was summoned to appear last month too but she did not join the investigation that time due to some reason. This is the second time when the actress did not turn up to ED summons. She does not know or have any personal connection with the accused and has been called by ED to strictly help with the investigation.NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a third summon to Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez as she skipped the questioning on Friday in connection with its ongoing probe in Rs 200 crore money laundering case linked to conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.Īs per official sources, Jacqueline has now been asked to be present at the ED office by 11 am on Saturday as her questioning is significant in the case as a witness in the alleged multi-crore extortion racket operated by Chandrasekhar. Post this, on behalf of the actress, her spokesperson has issued a statement saying that 'Nora has not been a part of any money laundering activity. Recently, Nora Fatehi also got summoned in the case by the NCB, after which she showed up at the ED office in Delhi on October 14th. Meanwhile, it's not only Jacqueline whose name has cropped up in the case. Talking about the case, Sukesh ran an extortion racket from inside the jail and extorted Rs 200 crores from a businessman. Jacqueline reportedly fell prey to Sukesh Chandrashekar's racket through his girlfriend and partner Leena Paul. Notably, Chandrasekhar used to send chocolates and flowers to Jacqueline and used spoofing technology for communication, hiding his real identity.
Earlier, when she got interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi on August 30 for almost five hours, the actress, who was said to be a victim of the extortion racket, shared crucial details with the ED officials. As per the sources, the actress had reportedly cited 'professional commitments' behind her no-show. Earlier, Jacqueline had skipped the summons at least thrice. Sukesh Chandrashekar, who is behind bars, reportedly laundered Rs 200 crores collected for fixing illegal deals in government departments. This time Jaqcueline was interrogated as an accused who allegedly assisted Chandrashekar to launder “proceeds of crime”. According to sources, the money trail of Chandrshekar’s illegal deals revealed huge transfers to Jacqueline’s brother’s and her sister’s accounts and the transfers were also made to their Dubai accounts. Bollywood diva Jacqueline Fernandez was interrogated by the officials of Enforcement Directorate in Delhi in connection with “substantial” money transfers to her account by conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.