A day after stopping her from going overseas, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned actor Jacqueline Fernandez to look for questioning in a cash laundering probe towards alleged thug Sukesh Chandrashekhar and others, officers stated on Monday.
He stated the 36-year-old actress has been requested to look earlier than the company right here on Wednesday (December 8), reply questions and report her assertion.
The ED has questioned Fernandez a minimum of twice within the case and the company suspects that he’s a “beneficiary of proceeds of crime” allegedly generated by Chandrashekhar.
Her spokesperson had earlier stated that she was deposing earlier than the company as a witness.
“Jacqueline Fernandez is being known as by the ED to testify as a witness. She has duly recorded her assertion and can totally cooperate with the company in future investigations as nicely.
The spokesperson stated in an announcement in October, “Jacqueline also categorically denies the alleged libelous statements she has made regarding her relationship with the couple involved.”
Acting on the Look Out Circular (LoC) issued towards him by the ED, Fernandez was stopped by immigration officers on the Mumbai airport on Sunday.
Agency officers later arrived on the airport and denied his journey, asking him to stay within the nation as he is likely to be required to affix the investigation.
He was to fly to Muscat, Oman The Sri Lankan-origin actor has been questioned by the ED over a number of periods in reference to its probe right into a cash laundering case of over Rs 200 crore towards Chandrasekhar and his actor spouse Leena Maria Paul.
The company had additionally filed a chargesheet within the case final week earlier than a particular Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket and named Chandrashekhar, his spouse and 6 others.
It alleged within the cost sheet that Chandrashekhar had given Fernandez a number of costly items, together with some Persian cats and a horse. He is accused of defrauding some folks together with some high-profile individuals like Aditi Singh, spouse of Shivinder Mohan Singh, former promoter of Fortis Healthcare.
Another Bollywood actress-dancer Nora Fatehi has additionally been questioned by the ED on this case.
Investigation discovered that Chandrashekhar was lodged in Rohini Jail right here when he allegedly ran an extortion racket utilizing cellphone spoofing methods.
The ED had arrested the couple and two co-accused Pradeep Ramanani and Deepak Ramanani on this case.
In August, the company raided a few of Chandrasekhar’s premises and seized a seafront bungalow in Chennai, Rs 82.5 lakh in money and over a dozen luxurious vehicles.
It had claimed in an announcement that Chandrashekhar is a “known thug” and is being investigated by the Delhi Police for alleged prison conspiracy, dishonest and extortion of round Rs 200 crore.
“Chandrasekhar is the mastermind of this fraud. He has been part of the crime world for the reason that age of 17. There are a number of FIRs registered towards him…” the ED had stated.
Despite being in jail, Chandrashekhar “didn’t stop deceiving” folks.
“They (utilizing illegally bought cell telephones in jail) made faux calls to dupe folks with the assistance of expertise because the numbers displayed on the cellphone numbers of the known as occasion belonged to senior authorities officers.
The ED had claimed, “Speaking to these people (from jail), he claimed to be a government official, who was offering to help people at a cost.”
Chandrashekhar and Paul had been additionally arrested by Delhi Police.
The police had just lately invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) within the case.
The Delhi Police had alleged that Paul and Chandrashekhar, together with others, used hawala routes, forming shell firms to park the cash earned from the proceeds of crime.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
