ED attaches Jacqueline Fernandez's assets worth 7.27 crores in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate has attached Jacqueline Fernandez's assets worth Rs 7.27 crore, including her fixed deposits of 7.12 crore, in a money laundering case involving jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The ED further clarified that the Bollywood actor is not an accused but a suspect in the case and would be summoned for questioning later. “The ED has clarified that the actor is not an accused in the case but a suspect. Since the actor and her family members have received expensive gifts from Sukesh, Jacqueline may be called for questioning later,” a source revealed on Saturday. The ED estimates that Sukesh used the extorted money to give Jacqueline gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore. He also gave approximately 173,000 US dollars and around 27,000 Australian dollars to Jacqueline's close family members. Also Read | After clashes, Punjab govt transfers Patiala IG, SSP, and SP Sukesh is currently implicated in a five-year-old cheating case with TTV Dhinakaran, a politician. On April 4, the ED arrested him in connection with the case. Sukesh was detained by the ED last year for extorting Rs 215 crore from the wife of a Delhi businessman by impersonating officials from the Home Ministry and the Law Ministry. The ED had summoned her for interrogation in connection with the Sukesh investigation. In October 2021, Jacqueline appeared before the ED and was questioned for seven hours. Sukesh sent Jacqueline Fernandez expensive gifts worth over Rs 10 crore, according to the case's chargesheet. Also Read | Massive blast at Kabul mosque leaves over 50 dead -PTC News