Jacqueline Fernandez's interim bail extended in PMLA case

A Delhi court on Saturday extended actor Jacqueline Fernandez's interim bail till November 10 in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. The court directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to provide a chargesheet and other relevant documents to all parties. The probe agency filed a chargesheet on August 17 naming the actor as an accused in the case. Jacqueline was allegedly gifted jewellery worth over Rs 7 crore by Sukesh Chandrasekhar. He had also reportedly gifted several high-end cars, expensive bags, clothes, shoes and costly watches to the actor and her family members.Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who is currently in jail, is accused of cheating various high-profile individuals, such as former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi Singh.

Earlier, the ED told the Court that actor Jacqueline Fernandez tried to leave India while she was being investigated in a Rs 200 crore extortion case involving jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The agency alleged Ms Fernandez tampered with evidence during investigation by deleting data from her mobile phone. The ED alleged Ms Fernandez has not been cooperating with the investigators. She wanted to leave India, but could not do so as her name was on the "lookout circular", or the list of people to be stopped from fleeing the country, the ED said in the court document. The ED says Ms Fernandez and another actor, Nora Fatehi, received luxury cars and other expensive gifts from the alleged conman. The investigators have also said Ms Fernandez knew about Sukesh Chandrasekhar's involvement in criminal cases and that he was married, but she chose to overlook them and made financial transactions with him.