Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez skipped her third summon by the Enforcement Directorate today, in connection to the probe of a money laundering case against fraudsters Sukesh Chandrasekar and his actor-wife Leena Paul. ED has again issued fresh summons to the actress to appear for questioning on Monday.
According to sources, the actress's unavailability was due to "professional commitments."
Ms Fernandez was called to the investigative agency's Delhi office earlier on Friday, but she did not show up.
Officials from the agency plan to confront Ms Fernandez with the con couple, according to reports. The ED had already questioned actor Nora Fatehi.
The Delhi Police had recently detained Chandrasekar and Paul for allegedly defrauding the family of Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh of approximately Rs 200 crore.
36 year old Jacqueline had appeared before the ED in August and her statement was recorded under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in this case.
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The case was filed after Shivinder Singh's wife, Aditi Singh claimed that a man impersonating a top Law Ministry official offered to help Mr Singh (then in jail) secure bail in exchange
for money.
Ms Singh claimed she was told the money was meant for BJP party funds and that she would have to pay out 200 crore in 30 instalments starting in June 2020. She also claimed to have been
told that Amit Shah, the Home Minister and Ravi Shankar Prasad, the then-Law Minister, were both on her side.
The central agency announced in August that it had seized a sea-facing bungalow in Chennai, as well as $82.5 lakh in cash and more than a dozen luxury cars, in connection with the investigation
against Chandrasekhar
In addition, goods worth Rs. 20 crore were seized, including shoes, bags, and clothes by international brands such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton.
According to the statement, Chandrasekhar is a "known conman" who is being investigated by the Delhi Police for suspected criminal conspiracy, defrauding, and extortion in the
sum of Rs 200 crore.