4 female actors met conman Sukesh in Tihar jail, received money, expensive gifts: ED chargesheet
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Sukesh Chandrashekhar met four female actors while he was lodged in Delhi jail and gave them money and expensive bags and watch. However, one of the actors, Arusha Patil, admitted that she was introduced to Sukesh Chandrasekhar by Pinky Irani but denied meeting him in Tihar Jail.
The case involving multimillionaire conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar is headed for another twist, this time over giving expensive gifts to small-time actors and models.
Four small-time actors and models, Nikita Tamboli, Chahat Khanna, Sophia Singh and Arusha Patil met key conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar while he was lodged in Delhi jail, India Today has learnt. All these four actors had gone to Tihar Jail to meet the conman via his associate Pinky Irani.
Pinky introduced these actors to Sukesh by different names and in exchange of their visits, they received money and gifts such as Gucci, LV bags, Versace watch from the conman. Out of these four actors, Arusha Patil admitted that she was introduced to Sukesh Chandrasekhar by Pinky Irani but denied meeting him in Tihar Jail. However, she had received money into her bank account from the conman, the ED said in its chargesheet.
According to a statement by big boss fame Nikita Tamboli, Pinky Irani introduced her to accused Sukesh Chandrasekhar as 'Shekhar'. Pinky Irani mentioned him as a South Indian producer and friend.
NIKITA TAMBOLI MET CONMAN IN TIHAR
“It was further revealed that on two occasions Nikita Tamboli met the accused, Sukesh Chandrasekhar, inside the Tihar Jail, Delhi at his office, maintained there. During the first meeting in April, 2018, the accused Pinky Irani received an amount to the tune of Rs 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 Rs 2 lakh and one Gucci Bag by the accused Sukesh Chandrasekhar,” the ED has stated in its chargesheet.Her statement was recorded by ED on December 15, 2021. She also told officials that Pinky had approached her on WhatsApp around 2018 and mentioned that she is a coordinator and producer of films.
“Pinky Irani had mentioned that her South Indian producer friend who wanted to meet her and produce films with her. She stated that in April, 2018, Pinky alias Angel told her that they were going to meet Shekhar in Delhi and she had booked both their flight tickets from Mumbai to Delhi and the next day they went to Delhi,” added the ED chargesheet.