New Delhi: Officials stated on Saturday that the ED had attached assets worth Rs 7 crore of Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez under the anti-money laundering statute as part of its criminal investigation into alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and others.
Following a preliminary order obtained under parts of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the federal investigating agency is believed to have attached some presents and fixed deposits (PMLA).
The 36-year-old actor is a Sri Lankan national and she has been questioned in this case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) a number of times regarding the same.
Chandrashekhar is accused of using unlawful money extorted from high-profile people, including former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi Singh, to buy gifts for Fernandez.
In her statement to the ED in August and October last year, the star stated that she “got” presents such as three Gucci bags, two Gucci gym clothes, a pair of Louis Vuitton shoes, two sets of diamond earrings, a multi-colored stone bracelet, and two Hermes bracelets from Chandrashekhar.
She informed the federal anti-money laundering agency that she had returned a Mini Cooper car that she had obtained in a similar manner.
The agency found in its probe that Chandrashekhar was in “regular contact” with Fernandez since February till he got arrested on August 7 last year (by the Delhi Police). He was later arrested by the ED too.
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