Troubles do not seem to end for Jacqueline Fernandez who has been on the radar of the Enforcement Directorate in connection with Sukesh Chandrasekhar case. In a rather interesting turn of events, the actress has moved to court seeking permission to travel abroad for work commitments.
There is an active Look Out Circular against her in connection with a Rs 200 crore extortion case involving conman Sukesh, which led to brief detention at Mumbai International Airport last year. She reportedly moved an application to a Delhi court seeking permission to travel abroad for 15 days to attend the IIFA Awards in Abu Dhabi, ANI tweeted.
According to the latest reports, the actor whose assets of ₹7.27 crore were attached by the central agency has also sought permission to travel to France and Nepal.
The probe on Jacqueline's connection with Sukesh Chandrashekhar is currently heating up and the actor is not allowed to leave the country. She was briefly detained at the Mumbai airport as she was all set to travel to Mumbai and then was released and allowed to go home.
The actor has already been interrogated several times in connection with the case. According to ED, the actor has admitted to having received gifts from Sukesh Chandrashekhar who, the actor claimed, had approached the actor with an offer of a film. Jacqueline claimed Sukesh had introduced himself as a channel owner.
As per the reports, Chandrashekhar had given Jacqueline gifts worth over ₹5 crore using extorted money, apart from funds close to US dollar 173,000 and around 27,000 Australian dollars to her close family members.
The probe so far has revealed that Sukesh Chandrashekhar paid a huge amount of money to Pinky Irani, an associate of Sukesh, to introduce Jacqueline to Chandrashekhar, reports HindustanTimes.
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