The Enforcement Directorate in its chargesheet stated Jacqueline Fernandez turned into privy to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s criminal history and "cooked up a false story" to wriggle out of investigations in a multi-crore money laundering case. The chargesheet which has been accessed by way of NDTV claims that Fernandez’s claim that she by no means knew of Sukesh Chandrashekhar's instances is fake. "Jacqueline Fernandez changed into nicely privy to the crook antecedents of Sukesh Chandrashekhar and also the reality that Leena Maria Paul is his wife in February 2021," the chargesheet says.

"She consciously selected to miss his criminal beyond and endured to indulge in economic transactions with him," it says. It turned into her hair stylist Shaan who informed her about the identity and criminal records of Sukesh Chandrashekhar in February 2021. "Despite this, Jacqueline Fernandez left out the reality and persisted the connection with Sukesh and additionally received, used and enjoyed the economic benefits from Sukesh, which can be nothing however proceeds of crime," the enterprise says.

The ED, which is investigating the cash path in a ? two hundred crore extortion case towards the conman, named Jacqueline as an accused earlier this month. The actress admitted to receiving 5 watches, 65 pairs of footwear, 20 pieces of jewellery, 32 bags, 47 dresses, four Hermes baggage, 9 artwork and one Versace crockery set as gifts from the conman, according to the chargesheet. The company also stated Sukesh Chandrashekhar talented two vehicles to Jacqueline’s parents in April 2021, which she did not reveal for the duration of her questioning. Only after being confronted with proof did she admit that Sukesh had bought her a property at Welgana in Sri Lanka.

"Despite being fully aware about his criminal history and that he's lodged in Tihar Jail, Jacqueline Fernendez become knowingly a celebration or absolutely worried within the system (money laundering) with the aid of the usage of or taking part in the proceeds of crime by the manner of precious items," the organization says. She allegedly also asked her team of workers to delete statistics on their cellphone associated with the conman.

The Enforcement Directorate alleges that Jacqueline attempted to cover up by using continuously mentioning that she had in fact been a sufferer of Sukesh. "However, in the course of investigation she has did not provide any massive fabric to establish the victimisation via Sukesh," the chargesheet says.

She wiped her cellphone easy, deleting critical evidence and this counted as tampering with evidence, says the enterprise. The chargesheet says Chandrashekhar gave ? 7.12 crore to the actor - ? 1.26 crore to her sister inside the US, ? 15 lakh to her brother in Australia and gifts really worth ? 5.Seventy one crore.

Sukesh Chandrashekhar changed into arrested with the aid of the Delhi Police for allegedly extorting round ? 215 crore from Aditi Singh and Shivender Singh, former promoters of pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy.