The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 7.27 crore of Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez in the money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. The attached assets include a Rs 7.12 crore fixed deposit and an amount of Rs 15 lakhs that was paid by Sukesh to a scriptwriter on Jacqueline's behalf.
The Enforcement Directorate alleges that the conman gave gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to Jacqueline from the Rs 200-crore, which he allegedly extorted from the family of former Ranbaxy owner Shivinder Singh, who was jailed in 2019 in a money laundering case.
In an earlier investigation, Jacqueline confessed to receiving a 1.5 lakh dollar loan from Sukesh along with expensive gifts that included a horse worth Rs 52 lakh, a Persian cat worth Rs 9 lakh, gem-studded earrings and a Hermes bracelet. The actress also reportedly received a Mini Cooper from the conman, which she later returned.
Earlier this year, Sukesh wrote a letter from jail, where he confessed of being in a relationship with Jacqueline and said his gifts to the actor were normal as in any relationship.
The letter read, "As I have mentioned before, I and Jacqueline were in a relationship, seeing each other, and the relationship was not based on any kind of monetary benefits like the way it's projected, commented, and trolled in a bad light. The relationship has lots of love and respect for each other without any expectations. Kindly requesting everyone to stop projecting her in a bad way, as it's not easy on her, who has only loved without expecting anything. As I have mentioned before that she has no involvement in the ongoing money-laundering case."
He added, "I have gifted her things and done things for her family, are normal things one would do for his loved one in a relationship. It's personal. I don't understand why it's being made such a big deal. At the same time, I would like to again certain that none of this was 'proceeds of so-called crime'. It's all from legitimate earnings and the same would be proved in the court of law very soon."
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