'She's Not Telling The Truth', Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar Tells ED About Jacqueline Fernandez
Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has told ED that Jacqueline Fernandez is lying and not telling the truth. He has also mentioned many Bollywood celebrities including Shradhha Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and Kartik Aaryan.
If reports are to be believed, conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the main accused in a ?200-crore money laundering case, paid a huge sum of money to Pinky Irani, an aide of Chandrashekhar, in order to get introduced to Jacqueline Fernandez.
Chandrashekhar and Irani are both under arrested while Jacqueline is being questioned in the case.
In her statement to ED, Jacqueline has stated that she wasn't aware of his real identity when he met her. "I did not know Sukesh Chandrasekhar. I only know him as Shekhar Ratna Vela¡ He introduced himself as Shekhar Vela," she told the ED officials as per News 18.
She added that he gave a financial loan of $150,000 to her sister Geraldine who lives in the United States and also transferred Rs 15 lakh to her brother Warren who resides in Australia.
Besides, she also received gifts from him that included a horse named Espuela, three designer bags from Gucci and Chanel, a pair of Louis Vuitton shoes, two Gucci gym wear outfits, two pairs of diamond earrings, a bracelet made of multi-coloured stones, and two Hermes bracelets as well.
On the other hand, Sukesh Chandrashekhar has claimed in his statement, "No, she is not telling the truth. Through Deepak Ramnani, I transferred $180,000 and BMW (X5) to Geraldine."
He added that he gifted a Maserati to her parents and a Porsche to her mother in Bahrain. "I also allowed Jacqueline to frequently use a private jet which I was using."
According to an ANI report, Chandrashekhar has named many Bollywood personalities. He told ED that he helped Shraddha Kapoor in 2015 during an NCB case. He also contacted Shilpa Setty recently for her husband Raj Kundra's conditional release. He claimed that he was planning to co-produce Kartik Aryan's upcoming film Captain India.
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