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A Delhi tribunal connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) ordered framing of charges against histrion Jacqueline Fernandez, alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar and 15 others successful a ₹200-crore wealth laundering case.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Prashant Sharma said that "prima facie, determination is capable worldly connected grounds based upon which a beardown suspicion is raised against each accused".
The persons "have to beryllium charged with the offence (of wealth laundering) nether Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, punishable nether Section 4 of PMLA", the ASJ said.
Chandrashekhar was arrested by the Delhi Police successful 2017 and by the Enforcement Directorate successful 2021.
According to the prosecution, Sukash Chandrashekhar was moving an organised transgression web from wrong jailhouse and was impersonating elder authorities officials, including officers from the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Besides Sukesh Chandrasekhar alias Sukash Chandrashekhar, the accused see his woman Leena Maria Paul alias Leena Paulose, Jacqueline Fernandez, Deepak Ramnani, Pradeep Ramdanee, B. Mohanraj, Arun Muthu, D. Kamlesh Kothari and Pinky Irani.
The different accused were namely Pooja Singh, Dharam Singh Meena, Mahender Prasad Sundriyal, Sunder Bora, Komal Poddar, Jitender Narula, Avinash Kumar and Jai Prakash Singhal.
It is alleged that by utilizing spoofed calls, encrypted applications and fabricated identities, complainant Aditi Singh and her household members were induced to portion with immense sums of money.
The prosecution alleged that the accused generated proceeds of transgression amounting to much than ₹200 crore done extortion, cheating, impersonation and transgression intimidation and thereafter concealed, possessed, transferred, layered and projected the aforesaid arsenic untainted spot with the assistance of his associates.
It claimed the proceeds of transgression were utilized successful the acquisition of property, high-end luxury vehicles, costly and luxurious gifts, etc.
The Enforcement Directorate alleged that according to its probe, proceeds of transgression were routed done assorted slope accounts, hawala channels, currency deliveries and ammunition entities.
During the investigation, searches were conducted astatine respective places and assorted "incriminating" worldly were collected and statements nether Section 50 PMLA of the accused arsenic good arsenic of respective witnesses were recorded, the ED said.
It said integer grounds including mobile phones, WhatsApp chats, Telegram communications, spoofed telephone records, forensic extraction reports, banking transactions and currency question details were besides collected.
The national bureau alleged successful its 2nd supplementary ailment against accused Jacqueline Fernandez that she was successful changeless interaction with accused Chandrashekhar and had received invaluable gifts from him done Pinky Irani.
Chandrashekhar was arrested by the Delhi Police successful 2027 for allegedly taking a bribe from the past AIADMK person TTV Dhinakaran, for getting a favourable verdict successful the 2 leaves awesome lawsuit from the Election Commission.
