Sara Ali Khan, Bhumi Pednekar Too Approached Through ‘Conman’: Probe Company

New Delhi:

An alleged affiliate of jailed ‘conman’ Sukesh Chandrasekhar “projected” him as a industry rich person in order that he may get in contact with quite a lot of feminine fashions and actors and he or she even took a few of them to fulfill him throughout the Tihar prison in 2018, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has mentioned in a lately filed rate sheet.

Pinky Irani alias Angel, 53, used to be arrested on this case by way of the company in December ultimate 12 months. She used to be lately granted bail by way of a Delhi court docket.

She has been accused by way of the Enforcement Directorate of indulging in cash laundering and allegedly serving to Chandrasekhar in getting into contact with actor Jacqueline Fernandez and sending her dear presents on his behalf.

Ms Fernandez has been wondered more than one instances on this case. Dancer-actor Nora Fatehi has additionally recorded her remark with the ED up to now.

A supplementary rate sheet, detailing the function of Mumbai-based Irani within the cash laundering case in opposition to 32-year-old Chandrasekhar and others, used to be filed by way of the ED early this month ahead of a court docket in New Delhi.

The company, on this prosecution criticism, has hooked up replies despatched to it by way of Bollywood actors Bhumi Pednekar, Sara Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor, who have been in a similar way approached by way of Chandrasekhar allegedly thru Irani.

Chandrasekhar and his spouse Leena Maria Paul are being probed by way of the Delhi Police in addition to the ED for allegedly dishonest and extorting cash from some wealthy other people, together with folks like former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s spouse Aditi Singh.

Investigation by way of the businesses discovered that Chandrasekhar, whilst he used to be lodged in Delhi’s Rohini prison, allegedly ran an extortion racket the usage of telephone spoofing era. He used to be later shifted to the Tihar prison.

The ED is monitoring the beneficiaries of this allegedly extorted cash and all of the budget path. Thus far, the company has no longer referred to as those actors or fashions as accused as they might be witnesses in figuring out the proceeds of crime.

On this pursuit, the company recorded the statements of a few younger fashions whose hyperlinks it were given after wondering Pinky Irani.

A minimum of 3 out of the 4 fashions informed the ED that they have been “presented” to Chandrasekhar by way of Pinky Irani and so they even met him unrestricted on the Tihar prison in 2018 at the side of her.

“Pinky Irani used to be an in depth confidant and marketing consultant of Chandrasekhar. No longer most effective did she create a facade of being a businessman for Chandrasekhar, she additionally allowed him to venture himself as a person of manner and a loose guy by way of making sure that he may ship what he sought after,” the ED claimed.

In line with the rate sheet, Bhumi Pednekar submitted her respond to the company early this 12 months declaring that Pinky Irani messaged her pronouncing she used to be the “vp (of) HR Information information Submit and knowledgeable her that their staff chairman (Chandrasekhar) is partial to hers and sought after to talk together with her about an enormous venture and in addition sought after to present her a automotive.”

The 32-year-old actor informed the company that “she didn’t obtain any presents from Chandrasekhar or his pals, together with Pinky Irani, nor has she ever met or had any type of private interplay, both social or skilled, with them.”

Sara Ali Khan informed the ED that she didn’t know any individual by way of the identify of Sukesh Chandrasekhar or Shekhar however any individual within the identify of “Mr. Suraj Reddy did WhatsApp her on 21.05.2021 pronouncing he want to present her a automotive as a circle of relatives gesture and discussed that his CEO Mrs Irani had attempted to touch her.”

Ms Khan, 26, mentioned the Reddy individual persevered to insist on giving her presents and he or she continuously refused the similar.

“Alternatively, after many makes an attempt of refusing him, she did agree on receiving a field of candies from him and thereafter he despatched a Franck Muller watch at the side of the candies,” the ED mentioned.

Janhvi Kapoor informed the ED that whilst she used to be no longer approached by way of Chandrasekhar or Pinky Irani, she used to be contacted by way of a girl who recognized herself as Leena from an organization referred to as Nail Artistry relating to being a celeb visitor on the release of a salon in Bengaluru.

She wrote to the company pronouncing she inaugurated the salon in July ultimate 12 months and won a branded luxurious bag and a pro price of Rs 18.94 lakh in her checking account. She despatched a remark of the transaction to the ED.

Nail Artistry is mentioned to be the industry endeavor of Leena Maria Paul.

“…it used to be established that by way of projecting Sukesh Chandrasekhar as a industry rich person she (Irani) established his contacts with quite a lot of fashions/actresses and concealed his actual id and were given quite a lot of fashions/actresses in contact with Chandrasekhar.

“She took a few of them to Tihar Prison to fulfill Sukesh Chandrasekhar and he or she impersonated as Alka Kumar, P Kumar, Angel Ok, CFO of Jaya TV/Solar TV and CFO of Information information Submit for contacting those fashions/actresses,” the ED alleged within the rate sheet.

The similar modus operandi used to be utilized by Irani and Chandrasekhar to method Jacqueline Fernandez thru her make-up artist S Muthathil, it mentioned.

The ED has arrested Chandrasekhar, Paul, Pinky Irani, two different co-accused, Pradeep Ramnani and Deepak Ramnani on this case.

In August ultimate 12 months, it had raided a few of Chandrasekhar’s premises and seized a sea-facing bungalow in Chennai, Rs 82.five lakh in money and over a dozen luxurious vehicles.

In a remark, it had claimed that Chandrasekhar is a “identified conman” and is being probed by way of the Delhi Police in a case of alleged prison conspiracy, dishonest and extortion to the track of about Rs 200 crore.

“Chandrasekhar is the mastermind of this fraud. He has been a part of the crime global because the age of 17. He has more than one FIRs in opposition to him…,” the ED had mentioned.

In spite of being within the prison, it mentioned, Chandrasekhar “didn’t forestall conning” other people.

“He (the usage of a mobile phone procured illegally in jail) with the assistance of era made spoofed calls to dupe other people because the numbers displayed at the referred to as party’s telephone quantity belonged to senior govt officials.

“Whilst talking (from jail) to those individuals, he claimed to be a central authority officer providing to assist other people for a value,” the ED had claimed.

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