NEW DELHI: Jacqueline Fernandez has been making headlines for her links to conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. The Delhi Court has now directed that charges be framed against actress Jacqueline Fernandez in the ₹200 crore money laundering case linked to Sukesh Chandrasekhar. While Sukesh is accused of committing the crime, why are charges being framed against Jacqueline? Read on to find out.
Jacqueline Fernandez has always maintained that she was a victim and was unaware of Sukesh’s criminal activities. However, the court has now noted that prima facie evidence suggests that the actress accepted expensive gifts from the conman even after being aware of his alleged wrongdoing and criminal background.
As per HT, the court also noted that Jacqueline allegedly helped conceal the use of money obtained through crime. According to records, she is alleged to have received gifts worth ₹5.71 crore from Sukesh. She also reportedly helped conceal the money by transferring it to the foreign bank accounts of her sister and brother, around $172,000 to her sister and Australian $26,000 to her brother.
Hence, based on the alleged involvement, the court has now decided to proceed with charges against Jacqueline Fernandez.
What are the charges against her?
ASJ Prashant Sharma, as per the report, said, “I conclude that prima facie there is sufficient material on record, raising a strong suspicion that the accused Jacqueline Fernandez committed the offence under Section 3 of PMLA, punishable under Section 4 of PMLA.”
“During the recording of the statement, Jacqueline Fernandez, upon being confronted with evidence of the purchase of cars for her parents, recovered from the mobile phone of Pinky, admitted to receiving cars for her parents, which indicated her connivance with the accused Sukesh for concealing the use of POC, which was used to buy the cars for her parents,” the court further noted.
The court observed that Fernandez was aware of Sukesh’s background and, despite this, allegedly continued to receive expensive gifts, financial transfers for her brother, and a car gifted to her parents.
Other accused in the case include Sukesh’s wife Leena Maria Paul, Deepak Ramnani, Pradeep Ramdanee, B Mohanraj, Arun Muthu, D Kamlesh Kothari, Pinky Irani, Pooja Singh, Dharam Singh Meena, Mahender Prasad Sundriyal, Sunder Bora, Komal Poddar, Jitender Narula, Avinash Kumar, and Jai Prakash Singhal.
