The Enforcement Directorate on Friday once again questioned Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi in connection with the money laundering probe against Sukesh Chandrashekhar and others.
Nora had earlier told the ED that the alleged conman’s wife Leena Maria Paul had invited her to a charity event at a luxury hotel in Chennai in December 2020 and gave her an iPhone and Gucci bag.
A BMW car was given to her brother-in-law, who disposed of it in February last year.
Earlier, the agency had named Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a supplementary chargesheet filed before a Special Court in the same case. It alleged that Sukesh ran a cheating and extortion racket from inside the Rohini Jail in Delhi using a mobile phone. He allegedly made calls via a Caller ID masking application to pose as a senior government official for contacting potential victims.
The money laundering investigation is based on a First Information Report registered by the Delhi Police on a complaint from Aditi Singh, wife of former Fortis promoter Shivinder Singh, who was arrested along with his brother Malvinder Singh by the Economic Offences Wing in a case in 2019. She alleged that Sukesh and his accomplices cheated her of about ₹200 crore during 2020-21 on the false promise of helping her.
In February 2021, Sukesh had allegedly contacted Jacqueline over phone, presenting himself as a senior government official and since then, he remained in touch with her till he was arrested in August 2021.
The accused had sent expensive gifts to the actor and her relatives, arranged charter flights for domestic travel, paid for her hotel stays and also gave ₹15 lakh in cash to a script writer on her behalf.
The ED attached assets worth ₹.7.27 crore of Jacqueline in April.
