Bigg Boss Ex Inmate Nikki Tamboli Got Rs 3.5 Lac, Gucci Bag From Sukesh Chandrashekhar, Says ED

Television actress Nikki Tamboli is among the other actresses whose names have cropped up in the money laundering case related to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.?

According to reports, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its charge sheet has mentioned that Nikki received an amount Rs 3.5 lakh and a Gucci bag from Sukesh.?Even dancer-turned-actress Nora Fatehi, who was summoned appeared before the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police for the case on Thursday.?

Apart from these two actresses, TV actress Chahatt Khanna, who is popular for her role in Ekta Kapoor’s TV serial 'Bade Acche Lagtey Hain' reportedly got involved with Sukesh Chandrashekhar after the conman was introduced as an owner of a South Indian Channel named Shekhar Redyy by Pinky Irani, who is reportedly a close aide and friend of Sukesh Chandrashekhar.?

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“During the first meeting in April 2018, the accused Pinky Irani received an amount to the tune of ?10 lakh in cash from Sukesh Chandrasekhar, out of which she gave cash to the tune of Rs. 1.5 lakh to Nikita Tamboli. On the second occasion, after two to three weeks of her first meeting, she went alone to meet Sukesh Chandrasekhar where she was given cash to the tune of ?2 lakh and one Gucci Bag by the accused Sukesh Chandrasekhar,” ED stated in its charge sheet, as per a report by India Today.?

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Reports reveal that Nikita Tamboli, Chahat Khanna, Arusha Patil, and Sophia Singh went to meet conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in Delhi's Tihar Jail via his close associate Pinky Irani, who had also introduced Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez to the conman.?

Meanwhile, Nora Fatehi was questioned a day after Jacqueline Fernandez was summoned by the Delhi Police EOW officials.?

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According to the ED, both Nora Fatehi and Jacqueline Fernandez were gifted cars and expensive items by conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who is a native of Bengaluru in Karnataka. Sukesh Chandrasekhar is currently in jail and over 10 criminal cases have been registered against him.?

Reportedly, Sukesh Chandrasekhar is the accused in a multi-crore money laundering case worth Rs 200 crores.?

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Reports suggest that the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police, which is currently probing the extortion case, has found contradictions in Jacqueline Fernandez and Pinky Irani's statements. The two were grilled for hours on Wednesday and were confronted with each other.?

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