Jacqueline Fernandez accused in INR 200-Crore extortion case

Sri Lankan born Actress Jacqueline Fernandez has been named an accused in the money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, who faces charges of extortion amounting to a massive INR 200 crore.

The actress has been named an accused in the supplementary charge sheet filed in a Delhi court by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the money trail in the extortion case. 

 
Earlier, the ED had attached assets belonging to the actress and had also questioned her. The agency in April provisionally attached INR 7 crore assets of the actor under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).  
“Sukesh Chandrasekhar had given various gifts worth INR 5.71 crore to Jacqueline Fernandez from the proceeds of income generated by criminal activities including extortion. “Chandrasekhar had put Pinky Irani, his long time associate and co-accused in this case to deliver the said gifts to her,” the ED had  said in a statement.  Among the gifts were a horse worth INR 52 lakhs and a Persian cat worth INR 9 lakhs, the ED has alleged. The agency has also alleged that Chandrashekar gave huge sums of money to family members of Ms. Fernandez.  
The ED has alleged that Chandrashekar has given gifts worth INR 5.71 crore to the actress from the INR 200 crore he allegedly swindled off the family of former Ranbaxy promoters.  

• Sukesh Chandrasekhar had given various gifts worth INR 5.71 crore to Jacqueline Fernandez from the proceeds of income generated by criminal activities including extortion

The ED has arrested a total of eight people in the case. These include Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Maria Paul.(NDTV)