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Jacqueline Fernandez has alleged that she was being treated differently by the central agency than other people named in the money laundering case against Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has filed a reply to the adjudicating authorities' order of April 28, of provisional attachment of her property. In her reply, the actor alleged that she was being treated differently by the central agency than other people named in the money laundering case against Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
The adjudicating authority in the case is the deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has been investigating the case primarily registered against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
By that order, certain movable properties of Fernandez, which were in the form of fixed deposits in a bank of Rs 7,12,24,767, were frozen. The reason given by the authorities was that she "being a foreign national, there is every likelihood that she may leave the country and Proceeds of Crime (POC) may not be available for confiscation at the time of completion of trial. Owing to her leaving the jurisdiction of this country or on account of usage and passage of time."
The actor’s reply filed through advocate Prashant Patil states that the fixed deposits, attached via the impugned order, had no nexus with crime nor were they created by using the alleged POC. The deposits, according to Patil are from the actor’s 'own legitimate source of income and much before in time from even knowing that the main accused Chandrashekhar even existed in this world,' stated the reply.
The actor also handed over a chart along with her reply that mentioned the source of the money, which was fixed. The actor has claimed that most of the maturity amounts are from earlier deposits, which are not even linked to the extortion case. These deposits have been made between August 2021 and January 2022, the reply highlighted.
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On her part, Fernandez has said that she has always cooperated with the investigation agencies and attended all the case dates where she was summoned.
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