Money Laundering Case | ED Preparing To File Chargesheet Against Jacqueline Fernandez: Source

As per the official, the agency has begun the process to review the evidence against Jacqueline Fernandez. 

Jacqueline Fernandez.

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is preparing to file the chargesheet against the Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in connection with the money laundering probe, an official informed ABP News.

As per the official, the agency has begun the process to review the evidence against Jacqueline Fernandez. 

In April, the agency attached Fernandez's finances fixed deposits worth Rs 7.12 crore and Rs 15 lakh in cash as "proceeds of crime." She had already been questioned in August of last year.

Chandrasekhar, who is being held in New Delhi's Tihar Prison, reportedly offered Fernandez costly presents, which she said she finally returned.

An ED statement issued in April highlighted its investigation and stated that Chandrasekhar gave her gifts totaling Rs 5.71 crore from the purported proceeds of crime earned by illegal acts like as extortion.

In addition to these presents, he had provided monies totaling $ 1,72,913 and AUD 26,740 to Jacqueline Fernandez's close family members via co-accused Avtar Singh Kochhar, an established and well-known international hawala operator.

It was also revealed that Chandrasekhar paid a scriptwriter 15 lakh on Fernandez's behalf as an advance for drafting a script for her web series idea.

Fernandez admits to receiving gifts and vacationing in private aircraft, but she claims she never participated in any illegal transactions.

Chandrasekhar was arrested in April 2017 for allegedly accepting money from AIADMK (Amma) leader T T V Dhinakaran in order to bribe Election Commission of India officials in connection with a disagreement over the allotment of AIADMK's election symbol.

He faked calls from Tihar in order to fool people into thinking he represented government authorities.

He allegedly called the wife of erstwhile Ranbaxy promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh in 2020, masquerading as Union home, law secretaries, and a Prime Minister's Office staffer, in order to extort around 200 crores from her under the guise of donation to party coffers.

She said she received a call in June 2020 from a man masquerading as a law ministry official promising to help her husband, who was in jail at the time, gain release in exchange for money.

In August of last year, the ED discovered Chandrasekhar's assets, which included a luxury home in Chennai and 26 automobiles.