New Delhi: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez has broken her silence on the Rs 200-crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar and says celebrities who received gifts from accused Chandrasekhar have been made witnesses, while she has been booked as one of the accused. Jacqueline has said this in her petition before the Appellant Authority.
She said that Nora Fatehi and other personalities, who received the gift from the main accused Sukesh Chandrashekhar, have been made witnesses, while they are accused. According to the actress, her fixed deposit has nothing to do with any crime.
In response to the adjudicating officers of PMLA, Jacqueline said, under the impugned order, the fixed deposit has nothing to do with any offense nor is the fixed deposit created out of the alleged proceeds of the offence.
In fact, in April, the ED had temporarily attached his funds of Rs 7.27 crore under PMLA and seized cash worth Rs 15 lakh. The ED had then said in a statement, “Sukesh Chandrashekhar had given various gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to Jacqueline Fernandez out of the amount received from criminal activities including extortion. Chandrashekhar had been his partner for a long time and had given these gifts to the actress through co-accused Pinky Irani.
Similarly, Jacqueline said that she has always cooperated with the investigating agencies and till date all have appeared on the summons. He has handed over every information to the ED. However, the agencies have failed to understand that they were cheated and involved in this case. He is a victim of the modus operandi adopted by the prime accused, Chandrashekhar.
The ED has named Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused in its recent supplementary chargesheet filed in a Delhi court against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in a Rs 200 crore extortion case.