Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has filed a petition in Delhi Excessive Court docket, looking for that the case towards her by the Enforcement Directorate be dismissed. Ms Fernandez is accused in a Rs 200 crore cash laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. She was made an accused within the case in a supplementary chargesheet filed by the Central company.
Within the petition she has claimed that the cash laundering allegations towards her are false. Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who cheated Aditi Singh of Rs 200 crore, additionally trapped her, she has claimed.
Ms Fernandez has been accused of having fun with the proceeds of the alleged extortion of 200 crore from Aditi Singh, the spouse of former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh.
In October 2019, Shivinder Singh was arrested in a case associated to alleged misappropriation of funds at Religare Finvest Ltd.
Sukesh Chandrasekhar allegedly posing as a Central authorities official, persuaded Aditi Singh to pay him, promising to safe his bail.
He ran the rip-off from jail and satisfied her by repeated cellphone calls to switch the cash.
“The petitioner is an harmless sufferer of Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s maliciously focused assault. There’s completely no indication that she had any involvement in any way in aiding him to launder his purportedly ill-gotten wealth. Therefore she can’t be prosecuted… below the prevention of cash laundering Act,” the petition learn.
The petition claimed that one of many accused, Pinki Irani, had launched Sukesh Chandrasekhar to Ms Fernandes as a fan who was linked to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, owned a manufacturing home and wished to make a film starring her.
Pinki Irani, the petition mentioned, additionally compelled her to just accept presents from Chandrasekhar and tried to push her right into a relationship with him. For this, she was provided Rs 12 crore.
On the time, Sukesh Chandrasekhar was in jail, however Pinki Irani has proven the actor images of him in non-public jets and “roaming as a free man”.
The petition contended that the Central company had contended that she “may need recognized” he was in jail and nonetheless accepted presents from him and they also have named her as an accused within the cash laundering case.
