New Delhi, India: According to the Enforcement Directorate, the Bollywood actresses received top models of luxury cars and other lavish gifts from the accused in the 200 crore money laundering case in which Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi were recently questioned.
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"During the inquiry, statements of Jacqueline Fernandez were recorded on 30.08.2021 and 20.10.2021," according to the ED chargesheet. Jacqueline Fernandez revealed that she received three Gucci bags, two Gucci gym outfits, a pair of Louis Vuitton shoes, two sets of diamond earrings, a bracelet with multicoloured stones, and two Hermes bracelets as gifts.
She also got a Mini Cooper, which she gave back."
According to the ED, Chandrashekar was questioned by Jacqueline Fernandez on October 20, and the actress said that the conman had booked private jet journeys and hotel stays for her on many occasions.
According to the ED chargesheet, the accused Chandrashekar presented a BMW automobile to actress Nora Fatehi in December 2020 amid an inquiry under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The aforementioned BMW S Series was registered in Mehboob Khan's name.
Nora Fatehi's statements were recorded under section 50 of the PMLA, 2002 on September 13 and October 14, in which she indicated that she was booked for a charity event and that Leena Maria Paul, Chandrashekhar's wife, gave her a Gucci bag and an iPhone during the event.
Nora went on to say that Leena Maria Paul had phoned her husband and placed the phone on speaker, thanking her and telling her that they were her fans. She went on to say that as a mark of their love and generosity, they were going to give her a brand new BMW car.
The accused Chandrashekar's testimony was recorded on October 14 while he was in custody, and he acknowledged that he had given Nora Fatehi a BMW S series car, which was registered in Bobby Khan's name on her request, according to the ED. He further acknowledged that he transferred 75 lakh in cash to B Mohanraj in Chennai via co-accused Deepak Ramnani, and that Mohanraj facilitated RTGS to Infinity Cars for the car Nora Fatehi purchased.
The ED's chargesheet submitted against Sukesh Chandrashekhar, Leena Maria Paul, and others in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case was recently taken into consideration by Patiala House Court. The court ordered the ED to provide copies of the chargesheet to all of the suspects in the case.
All of the defendants are currently in judicial detention. Sukesh Chandrashekhar, Leena Maria Paul, and the Ramnani brothers were represented in court by lawyers Anant Malik and Rohan Yadav.
ED was represented by Special Public Prosecutors Atul Tripathi and Mohammad Faraz, as well as RK Shah.
The ED, a financial investigation agency, recently detained them under the PMLA in connection with an extortion ring operating out of a Delhi jail. In this case, the ED has also detained two co-accused, Pradeep Ramdani and Deepak Ramnani.
According to the ED, searches were made at several locations associated to Chandrashekar and his accomplices throughout the probe. During the search, 16 high-end cars were confiscated under section 17 of the PMLA, which are either registered to Leena Maria Paul's enterprises or to third parties. It is further claimed that Chandrashekar consciously built the mechanism for stacking and transferring proceeds of crime, therefore actively participating in the money laundering process.
The Delhi Police had already detained Chandrashekar and Leena Maria Paul, as well as numerous other suspects. In this instance, the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) was recently invoked by the police.
The Delhi Police said that Leena, Chandrashekar, and others utilised hawala networks and set up Shell firms to hide the profits of crime. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police has filed a FIR against Chandrasekhar for allegedly cheating the spouses of former Ranbaxy promoters Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh of Rs 200 crore, in addition to ongoing investigations in many cases throughout the nation.