Jacqueline Fernandez Seeks to Become Approver in High-Profile Money Laundering Case

Jacqueline Fernandez's Legal Battle Intensifies

New Delhi: On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate requested additional time to respond to actress Jacqueline Fernandez's application to become an approver in a significant money laundering case involving a sum of Rs 200 crore linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.

The case is set for further hearings on May 8, as determined by Special Judge Prashant Sharma.

Previously, on April 17, the court had issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate following the submission of Fernandez's application by her legal team.

Jacqueline Fernandez has been summoned multiple times by the ED during the investigation and was named as an accused for the first time in a supplementary charge sheet submitted by the agency.

Last year, on July 3, the Delhi High Court rejected her plea to quash the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) related to the money laundering allegations.

Two months later, the Supreme Court also declined to intervene in the high court's decision.

The Delhi Police had charged Chandrashekar for allegedly defrauding the spouses of former Ranbaxy promoters, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, out of Rs 200 crore.

Chandrashekar is currently facing multiple investigations across the nation.

Along with others, he and his wife, Leena Paulose, were arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the money laundering case.

The police have invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in this matter.

It is alleged that Paulose and Chandrashekar utilized 'hawala' channels and established shell companies with other co-accused to launder money obtained through criminal activities.