Jacqueline questioned for 8 hours in money laundering case
Actress Jacqueline Fernandez and Pinky Irani were interrogated on Wednesday in a money laundering case of Rs 200 crore related to thug Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police posed more than 100 questions in 8 hours of interrogation.
According to sources, separate statements of Jacqueline and Pinky Irani were recorded earlier. After that both were interrogated by sitting face to face. Many answers of Jacqueline and Pinky did not match. Jacqueline could not even answer many questions properly.
The actress had reached the Delhi Police office at 11 am. The Delhi Police had earlier summoned Jacqueline twice, on 29 August and 12 September, but she could not reach. After this, the date of 14 September was given. It was through Jacqueline Irani that thugs came in contact with Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The investigating agency has summoned actress Nora Fatehi and Pinky Irani on Thursday.
According to reports, Jacqueline and Pinky were also interrogated by sitting face to face. Earlier in this case, Delhi Police has interrogated Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi for 6 hours. EOW and ED are investigating this matter.
Joint commissioner inquired
According to reports, Delhi Police questioned Jacqueline about her relationship with Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Asked Jacqueline why she got expensive gifts, how many times she met Sukesh and how long she knew him. Jacqueline was questioned by a team of 6 officers led by EOW’s Joint Commissioner Chhaya Sharma and Special Commissioner Ravindra Yadav.
Sukesh gifted a horse worth 50 lakhs, cats worth 18 lakhs
Sukesh gifted the actress a 50 lakh horse named Espuela and cats worth 9-9 lakh rupees. Apart from these, 3 Gucci designer bags, 2 Gucci gym wear, one pair of Louis Vuitton shoes, two pairs of diamond earrings, a ruby bracelet, two Hermes bracelet and a Mini Cooper car were given.
Jacqueline knew Sukesh’s reality, yet was in relationship
During the interrogation of ED, Jacqueline had accepted the relationship with Sukesh. According to reports, the actress told that she had taken gifts worth crores of rupees from Sukesh. Sukesh proposed her by giving her a diamond ring. J and S were made in this ring.
Many of their private photos also went viral on social media, after which ED questioned Jacqueline and kept the photos of both as evidence. According to media reports, the ED believes that Jacqueline knew from the beginning that Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the main accused in this case, is a thug and he is an extortionist.
Sukesh cheated 200 crores while sitting in Tihar Jail
In the case related to Sukesh Chandrashekhar, FIR was first registered in Delhi Police. Delhi EOW started investigation on that FIR in August. In this case, the ED had also started a money laundering probe. Sukesh is accused of duping former Ranbaxy promoters Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh’s wives of more than 200 crores on the pretext of getting them out of jail.
Sukesh would sometimes call himself an officer associated with the Prime Minister’s Office and sometimes the Ministry of Home Affairs. Many officers of Tihar Jail were also involved in this fraud. Sukesh used to give huge amount to all of them. The ED had seized Sukesh’s sea-facing bungalow in Chennai on August 24. 82.5 lakh rupees, 2 kg gold and more than 12 luxury cars were seized from the bungalow.
