Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi summoned by ED in money laundering case

ED has summoned Jacqueline and Nora and are probing if there was any financial transaction between conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar and Jacqueline and Nora Fatehi in the Rs 200-crore money-laundering case.

Published: Thursday,Oct 14, 2021 09:57 AM GMT-06:00

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Canadian actor and dancer Nora Fatehi for questioning in connection with a Rs 200 crore money laundering case lodged against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.

The Batla House actor appeared before the ED just a while ago.

Also the financial frauds watchdog has also summoned Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez for tomorrow in connection with the case.

In photos shared by the news agency, Nora Fatehi could be seen reaching the ED office to cooperate with the investigation launched by the law enforcement agency.

In another update, ANI informed, citing sources, that Jacqueline Fernandez is expected to present herself before the interrogators tomorrow in connection with the investigation.

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Nora Fatehi’s statement would be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The central agency had recorded the statement of the Race 3 actor in connection with the case on multiple occasions in August and September this year.

The agency has been probing if there was any financial transaction between Chandrasekhar, Fernandes, and Fatehi.

Sukesh Chandrasekhar has been accused of extortion worth Rs 200 crore from a businessman.

It is alleged that Chandrasekhar had extorted the said amount from the businessman over the course of a year.

Chandrasekhar also has 20 other extortion cases registered against him.

He is currently lodged at Delhi’s Rohini Jail and even operated an extortion racket from inside the jail cell

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The ED had said,

"Chandrasekhar is the mastermind of this fraud. He has been part of the crime world since the age of 17. He has multiple FIRs against him and is presently lodged in Rohini jail (in connection with the Delhi Police case)".

The ED also raided the house of Chandrasekhar’s wife Leena Maria Paul.

The agency suspects Paul of being involved in the case as well.

Leena has worked in many movies, most of them being Malayalam. She also played a small role in John Abraham’s Madras Café.

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