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Was Jacqueline Fernandez in love with alleged conman business man Sukesh Chandrashekhar?
Jaqueline Fernandez’ name has cropped up in a messy money laundering case amounting to Rs 200 crores. Her cosy pictures with alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has fired up the internet... and Jackie finds herself embroiled in a lot of mess. Sumita Chakraborty digs deeper to find out more about how Jacqueline Fernandez got herself into this scandalous case.
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Sometime in June 2021, news filtered in that the gorgeous Jacqueline Fernandez is no longer single. She was supposedly in love with a South entrepreneur and would soon be moving into a Rs 175 crores bungalow. Supposedly, the Kick heroine had finally found her real life hero and was very serious about him. If you remember Jacqueline for the longest time has focussed on her career more so after the ugly break up with her ex beau director Sajid Khan. Of course, rumourmongers kept brewing unfiltered goss linking her with the Shershaah hottie Sidharth Malhotra but Jackie dearest neither confirmed nor denied this. So the pap’s had a field of a day wondering if the hunky Sid was dating Jacqueline or Kiara, or both...more so as both these svelte gals’ cars were seen parked on Sid’s parking lot especially in the evenings.
Jacqueline when asked about it laughed it out saying Sid and she were just doing some serious script reading together. Hmm... interesting more so as no films with the two of them seem to be in the pipeline in the near future. But whatever it was, it fizzled out and Sid was back to playing parking lot games with just Kiara. Jacqueline in the meantime got busy with her own life and since it was the pandemic months, nothing much was heard about her – professionally and personally until... This ‘breaking news’ info about her being serious about a South based businessman appeared in the local tabs. Good for her, we thought, and quickly called her up to know more. But, all she did was laugh loudly... and maintained a sphinx like silence ‘officially’ like all our Tinsel Town actors do when asked about their love affairs’.
Off the record, Jacqueline’s demeanour said it all... and so we let it rest. Good going gal, we said and moved our antennas to the next ‘happening’ affair and scandal in Bollywood. Things seemed to be hunky dory until the news filtered in that Jacqueline had been summoned by the ED (Enforcement Directorate) in a money laundering case amounting to Rs 200 crores. Supposedly, our sexy Jackie ignored four of the summons of the ED citing “I have professional responsibilities”. But things got to a boil and she was stopped at the Mumbai airport from leaving the country – she was going along with Salman Khan for the Dabangg tour to be held in Riyadh. And though Jackie dearest tried to pull as many strings as possible, it was to no avail. The matter was serious and she had to face the brunt of it. However, after a few days, the real truth allegedly burst out in the open in the form of intimate pictures of Jacqueline ‘cosy’ing up to the alleged conman businessman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The snaps went viral and the internet was on fire. Sukesh supposedly had flooded the sexy lady with some super expensive gifts. In Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s statement recorded under Section 50 of the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), Sukesh had said that he gave as many as 15 pairs of earrings, five Birkin bags, and other luxury goods from Chanel, Gucci to the actor. The conman also claimed that he gifted Jacqueline Fernandez Cartier bangles and rings and a bracelet by Tiffany & Co. in addition to Rolex watches. He also gave Jacqueline Fernandez jewellery worth Rs 7 crore and gifted her a horse called ‘Espuelah’.
In Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s statement recorded under Section 50 of the PMLA, Sukesh had said that he gave as many as 15 pairs of earrings, five Birkin bags, and other luxury goods from Chanel, Gucci to the actor.
Chandrasekhar also gifted Jackie a mini cooper which she returned, as per the charge sheet. The charge sheet also reads that he had gifted a BMW car to Geraldine Fernandez, the sister of Jacqueline who is living in the US. As per the charge sheet he also gave around $1,80,000 and a Porche car to the mother of Jacqueline. Currently, Jackie’s alleged involvement and relationship with prime accused Sukesh Chandrasekhar is being investigated by the central agency. Until now, the actress has recorded her statement thrice in front of the ED.
Supposedly, to win Jackie’s confidence, Sukesh Chandrasekhar called her up and made her believe that he was speaking from Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s office. “I have been speaking to Sukesh since February 2017.” – Jacqueline Fernandez
So how did Sukesh Chandrasekhar get through Jacqueline in the first place? Supposedly, to win Jackie’s confidence, Sukesh Chandrasekhar called her up and made her believe that he was speaking from Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s office, according to the charge sheet lodged against him. This call was made by Chandrasekhar to Shan Muthathil, the make-up artist of the actress. Supposedly, Jackie who initially avoided Sukesh, started talking to him after the high-profile call.
The actress, in her statement, recorded before ED officials admitted that her sister took a loan of $1,50,000 from Chandrasekhar. She also accepted that he transferred around Rs 15 lakh to the account of her brother who lives in Australia. “I have been speaking to Sukesh since February 2017. In August 2021, he was arrested, after which I never met him. He told me that he is the owner of Sun TV and from the political family of Jayalalithaa,” Jacqueline told the ED, reads the charge sheet. The charge sheet also revealed that Pinky Irani, an aide of Chandrasekhar, introduced herself to Jacqueline’s staff as Angel. She had introduced Chandrasekhar to the actress. It was Irani who used to select luxury gifts for Jacqueline and deliver them to the actress. Quite a scandal… We tried to get Jacqueline to say something regarding this but to no avail. Currently, Jacqueline is shooting for Rohit Shetty’s film Cirkus opposite Ranveer Singh. After this, she will be off to the sets of Attack starring John Abraham. Hmm… looks like our pretty Jackie is entangled in some heavy duty issues that doesn’t look as if it will go away in a hurry. Will she manage to get out of this mess? Who knows? Of course, she does have some very powerful friends like Salman Khan… will he help her get out of this? Or will Jackie pay for the conman’s sins? Let’s wait ‘n’ watch…
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