Hours after reportedly being named an accused in a high-profile ₹200 crore extortion case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), actor Jacqueline Fernandez shared a motivational note on her Instagram handle which said “it’ll all be ok”.
“Dear me, I deserve all good things, I’m powerful, I accept myself, it’ll all be okay. I’m strong, I will achieve my goals and dreams, I can do it,” she shared in her Instagram story.
ED on Wednesday filed a charge sheet naming her as an accused in the laundering case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and others, PTI reported, quoting official sources.
The federal probe agency filed the fresh (second supplementary) charge sheet or prosecution complaint in this case on Wednesday before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi and, according to sources, the 37-year-old actor is the only accused named in the latest charge sheet. The court will take up the charge sheet for taking cognisance on August 31.
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Jacqueline Fernandez has been questioned multiple times by the agency in this case.
After interrogating the actor in June, ED issued a statement saying that conman had given gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to her “from the proceeds of crime generated by criminal activities including extortion.”
In addition to these gifts, it said, Chandrashekhar also gave “funds to the tune of USD 1,72,913 (about Rs 1.3 crore as per current exchange rate) and AUD 26740 (approx. Rs 14 lakh) to the close family members of Fernandez out of the proceeds of crime through co-accused Avtar Singh Kochhar, an established and well known international hawala operator.”
The agency said its probe found that Chandrashekhar had “delivered cash to the tune of Rs 15 lakh to a writer on behalf of Fernandez as advance for writing a script of her web series project.”
The ED alleged that Chandrashekhar used illegal money to purchase gifts for the actor which he had extorted by cheating high-profile people.
