Guwahati: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police on Monday issued a fresh summons to Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in connection with the Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
Jacqueline has been requested by the agency to participate in the investigation and appear before them on September 14 at the EOW headquarters at Mandir Marg.
The actress stated prior commitments and requested a date after 15 days, thus Delhi Police postponed the interview that was supposed to take place on Monday. She was requested to join the probe on Wednesday, but Delhi Police didn’t give her any notice.
Jacqueline has already received a summons from the police to participate in the inquiry three times.
Jacqueline was previously mentioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in their chargesheet in Sukesh-related money laundering cases. The ED chargesheet has stated that Fernandez knew about Sukesh’s involvement in criminal cases but she decided to overlook his criminal record and involved in financial transactions with him.
The ED opened a probe of money laundering in the alleged scheme after the Delhi police filed a FIR. The investigation agency had previously indicated that Fernandez’s remarks, in which she acknowledged receiving presents from Chandrashekar, were taped on August 30 and October 20, 2021.
ED also said that Fernandez had purchased expensive gifts for herself and her family members in India and overseas using profits of crime and this constituted money laundering in violation of section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002.
Sukesh Chandrashekhar, a resident of Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka, is presently detained in a jail in Delhi and is charged in more than 10 criminal cases.
Chandrashekhar was charged with operating a Rs 200 crore extortion ring when he was being held in Rohini jail. He is accused of attempting to extort money from Aditi Singh, the incarcerated former owner of Ranbaxy, under the guise of obtaining freedom for her husband by acting as a representative of the PMO and the Union Law Ministry.