While the Enforcement Directorate (ED), is investigating conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case, recently actress Jacqueline Fernandez was also questioned by ED. Apparently she & her family members received luxury cars and other expensive gifts from conman Sukesh. The charge sheet that ED has filed against Sukesh, states that Jacqueline has said she received gifts including three designer bags from Gucci, Chanel, two Gucci outfits for gym wear, a pair of Louis Vuitton shoes, two pairs of diamond earrings and a bracelet of multi-coloured stones and two Hermes bracelets. She also informed that Sukesh had paid for her private jet expenses and hotel stay for several tours and she had received a Mini Cooper car as well, which she returned. Reportedly, Sukesh Chandrashekhar, in his statement had said that he gave Jacqueline jewellery items worth Rs 7 crore and offered a loan of Rs 1.13 crore to her sister, who lives in the US. Not only this, he also stated that he gave her a BMW X5 car and gifted her parents a Maserati and her mother in Bahrain a Porsche. For the unversed, the ED has filed a chargesheet against Sukesh for allegedly cheating Rs 200 crore from Aditi Singh, the wife of businessman Shivinder Singh. In the past Jacqueline was questioned by the ED multiple times in connection with the 200 crore money laundering case and most recently, she was summoned for questioning on Dec 8. She is also not allowed to travel abroad by the ED officials and was stopped at a private airport in Mumbai a few days ago. ED in its chargesheet has pointed out that Jacqueline Fernandez, was not keen on talking to Sukesh, so he allegedly called her posing as a high-ranking official from a Union ministry. He was in touch with Jacqueline, till his arrest and made payments in cash to a script writer on (her) behalf. As per the chargesheet all these expenses/payments were made by Sukesh out of proceeds of crime acquired through criminal activities
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