Jacqueline Fernandez To Turn Approver In PMLA Case Links To Sukesh Chandrashekhar; What Is Allegation Against Actor?

Bollywood Actor Jacqueline Fernandez on Friday moved an application with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to turn approver in the Rs 200 crore money-laundering case against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, HT reported. The development comes after she moved to the Delhi court to be an approver, and subsequently, the court directed her to approach the probe agency.

What Is The Entire Case?

Delhi Police booked Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore. Chandrasekhar and his wife Leena Paulose, facing proceedings in a money laundering case of the ED, were arrested by Delhi Police along with others. The police also invoked the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). Paulose and Chandrasekhar were alleged to have used hawala routes and created shell companies along with other accused persons to park the money earned as proceeds of crime.

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What Prompted Jacqueline Fernandez To Turn Approver

Fernandez, who Sukesh calls his girlfriend, received many setbacks in the legal fight. In September last year, she failed to get relief from the Supreme Court, which refused to interfere with an order dismissing her plea to quash an ECIR (equivalent to FIR) in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving Sukesh.

What Is Jacqueline Fernandez's Stand?

The actor said she was a film star, while Chandrasekhar is a con star, who is in jail. She claimed that she was also duped. He is accused of impersonating ministers and senior secretaries to the government of India, she said in a statement submitted to the court.

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What Is Allegation Against Fernandez?

Fernandez is an accused in the case against Chandrasekhar and has appeared before the Enforcement Directorate. Fernandez, it was alleged, received gifts worth at least Rs 5.71 crore from Chandrasekhar, knowing fully well of his criminal antecedents. The bench referred to the apex court's Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgment which upheld the ED's powers related to arrest; attachment of property involved in money laundering besides search and seize under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

(With Agencies Inputs)