Jacqueline Fernandez Grilled For 8 Hours, Nora Fatehi Summoned Today In Extortion Case

Actor Jacqueline Fernandez was questioned by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police for over eight hours on September 14, 2022 in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case. The actor arrived at the Mandir Marg office of the agency at 11.30 am and was let out only a little before 8 pm.

While actor and dancer Nora Fatehi and Pinky Irani, who allegedly introduced Fernandez to Chandrashekhar, have been summoned today, September 15, in the same case. Fatehi, who was also questioned in the case in October last year, was likely to turn prosecution witness in December 2021.

Initially named a witness in the case, the Enforcement Directorate recently decided to name Fernandez as one of the accused in the ongoing Sukesh Chandrashekhar money laundering case.

The agency has been investigating the case based on a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Delhi police’s Economic Offences Wing against conman Chandrashekhar and others. They are accused of criminal conspiracy, cheating, and extortion of money worth Rs 200 crores.

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Jacqueline was first questioned by the ED back in August 2021 as a witness in the case and was alleged to be a victim of the racket. The ED alleged that Chandrasekhar, who was arrested in 2017 for attempting to bribe the Election Commission, was allegedly running the extortion racket from behind the bars. The ED said he had a cellphone with him that he had procured illegally in prison and made “spoofed calls to dupe people as the numbers displayed on the called party’s phone number belonged to senior government officers.”

During the initial investigation, the ED had seized a sea-facing bungalow in Chennai along with Rs 82.5 lakh cash and over a dozen luxury cars in connection with the case. As per a chargesheet filed by the ED at the time, Jacqueline had received expensive gifts from the conman and the ED also attached assets worth Rs 7 crore belonging to the actor in connection to the same.

The expensive gifts she received allegedly include a horse worth Rs 52 lakh, a Persian cat worth Rs 9 lakh for her and USD 1 lakh and AUD 2,67,40 for her family as well. According to her statement given to ED last year, she also received expensive designer bags and clothes and a bracelet of multi-colored stones, and two Hermes bracelets from the conman. The ED also alleged that Chandrashekhar had paid Rs 15 lakh to a scriptwriter on behalf of the actor to write a web series for her.

Further, the ED alleged that Jacqueline was aware that the gifts were bought from the racket of money laundering. The statement read, "Chandrasekhar had put Pinky Irani, his long-time associate and co-accused in this case to deliver the said gifts to her.”

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However, last October, Jacqueline denied the “alleged slanderous statements” made about her relationship with Chandrashekhar and his wife Malayalam actor Leena Maria Paul. Meanwhile, in January 2022, intimate photos of her and the conman were leaked.

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