Jacqueline Fernandez’s Assets Worth Rs 7 Crore Attached By ED In Sukesh Chandrasekhar Extortion Case

Actress
Jacqueline
Fernandez
hit
the
headlines
for
the
wrong
reasons
when
her
name
cropped
up
in
the
probe
in
connection
with
a
Rs
200
Crore
money
laundering
case
against
alleged
conman
Sukesh
Chandrasekhar
and
his
actress-wife
Leena
Maria
Paul.

The
actress
was
questioned
multiple
times
by
the
Enforcement
Directorate
(ED)
for
her
alleged
links
with
Chandrasekhar.
While
they
had
not
named
her
as
an
accused
in
this
case,
she
wasn’t
given
a
clean
chit
either.

According
to
the
latest
reports,
the
ED
has
not
attached
properties
worth
Rs
7.27
Crore
of
Jacqueline
to
this
extortion
case.
A
report
in
India
Today
stated
that
the
attached
assets
include
fixed
deposit
worth
Rs
7.12
crore
under
Jacqueline’s
name
and
an
amount
of
Rs
15
lakh
which
was
paid
by
Chandrasekhar
to
a
script
writer
on
the
actress’
behalf.

The
report
further
stated
that
they
have
been
informed
by
sources
that
Jacqueline
is
the
beneficiary
of
the
proceeds
of
the
extorted
money
and
the
attachment
has
been
made
under
the
Prevention
of
Money
Laundering
Act.

Further,
according
to
the
same
reports,
the
officials
have
so
far
come
across
evidence
of
Sukesh
giving
gifts
worth
Rs
5.71
Crore
to
Jacqueline
Fernandez
using
the
extorted
money.
Besides
this,
he
had
also
given
funds
close
to
173,000
US
Dollars
and
around
27,000
Australian
Dollars
to
close
family
members
of
Jacqueline.

On
the
other
hand,
Jacqueline
had
earlier
claimed
her
innocence
and
said
that
she
was
unaware
of
Sukesh
Chandrasekhar’s
identity
or
that
he
was
a
con
man.

Sukesh
Chandrasekhar
is
accused
of
extorting
Rs
215
Crore
from
the
wife
of
a
Delhi-based
businessman
through
spoof
calls.