Nora Fatehi To Be ED Witness In Sukesh Chandrasekhar Money Laundering Case

Nora Fatehi To Be ED Witness: In the ongoing case of Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who is accused of extorting Rs 200 crore, Bollywood actors Nora Fatehi and Jacqueline Fernandez were questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on their involvement in the case. Actor Fatehi is now reportedly a witness for ED in the money laundering case.

The two actors - Fatehi and Fernandez - were under the ED scanner for the ongoing case against Chandrasekhar. Both of them had received expensive gifts from him. Fatehi told the ED that she had received a BMW car from Chandrasekhar and a Gucci bag from his wife and co-accused Leena Maria Paul. Fatehi reportedly told the investigating officers that they had gifted her the products as a "token of love".

She also informed them that in December 2020, Paul had invited her to an event in Chennai. On October 14 this year, the actor also put out a statement stating, "Nora Fatehi has been the victim around the case and being a witness, she is cooperating and helping the officers in the investigation. We would like to make it very clear that she has not been a part of any money laundering activity, she does not know or have any personal connection with the accused and has been called by the ED to strictly help with the investigation."

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Sukesh Chandrasekhar Case

On August 7, Aditi S Singh had filed a complaint with the Economic Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police alleging that Chandrasekhar had duped her of Rs 200 crore under the pretext of securing bail for her husband. On September 6, four associates of  Chandrasekhar were arrested. At the same time, his wife, Leena Maria Paul, who has acted in films like Madras Cafe was also taken into custody for helping him with the extortion.

Chandrasekhar has a long history of arrest. He was first arrested in 2007 for duping 100 people and then in 2017 for allegedly duping politician TTV Dhinakaran of Rs 50 crore. He was kept in Tihar jail, from where he kept making the extortion calls.

After the arrest of his wife, ED questioned actors Fernandez and Fatehi as he had sent both of them expensive gifts. Read more about the case here.