Delhi court allows Bollywood actress Jacqueline FernandezOne of the accused in the Rs 200 crore extortion case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar, to go abroad from May 25 to June 12. An application was given by Jacqueline claiming that she needed to travel to Abu Dhabi from May 25 to May 27. To travel to Milan from May 28 to June 12 to attend the IIFA Awards and shoot for the film.
Special Judge Shailendra Malik of Patiala House Court allowed him to go abroad. The court had granted anticipatory bail to Jacqueline on 15 November.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently filed its second supplementary charge sheet naming Jacqueline as an accused. The court had on September 26 granted him interim protection from arrest.
Jacqueline and another Bollywood personality Nora Fatehi have recorded their statements as witnesses in the case. Earlier, Jacqueline’s assets and fixed deposits worth Rs 7.2 crore were attached by the ED, which termed these gifts and properties as “proceeds” of crime received by the actor. In February, the ED had filed its first supplementary charge sheet against Chandrashekhar’s alleged associate Pinky Irani, who introduced him to Bollywood actors.
It was alleged in the chargesheet that Pinky used to pick expensive gifts for Jacqueline and drop them at her residence after Chandrasekhar paid for them. In December 2021, the investigating agency filed the first charge sheet in this case. According to official sources, Chandrasekhar has spent around Rs 20 crore on various models and Bollywood celebrities. Some refused to accept gifts from him.
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