New Delhi:
Actress Jacqueline Fernandez has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking dismissal of the case registered against her by the Enforcement Directorate. It may be noted that Fernandes is an accused in a ₹200 crore money laundering case related to alleged fraudster Sukesh Chandrasekhar. He was made an accused in the supplementary chargesheet filed by the central agency. In the petition, he has claimed that the allegations of money laundering against him are false. He has claimed that Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who cheated Aditi Singh of Rs 200 crore, has also framed him.
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Fernandes is accused of benefiting from an alleged extortion of Rs 200 crore from Aditi Singh, wife of former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh. Let us tell you that in October 2019, Shivinder Singh was arrested in the case of alleged misappropriation of funds in Religare Finvest Limited. Sukesh Chandrasekhar allegedly convinced Aditi Singh to pay Shivinder Singh by posing as a central government official and promising to bail him out.
Actress Jacqueline Fernandez has said that the petitioner is an innocent victim of a malicious targeted attack by Sukesh Chandrasekhar. There is no indication that she had any involvement in helping to launder the wealth she allegedly acquired. For this reason no money laundering case can be filed against them.
The petition claimed that one of the accused, Pinky Irani, identified Fernandes as an admirer with Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who was associated with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. And he also owned a production house. The petition stated that Pinky Irani also forced her to accept gifts from Chandrasekhar.
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