New Delhi: Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Monday granted interim bail to the actor Jacqueline Fernandez in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. The Sri Lankan model is directed to a submit bond of Rs 50,000.
The temporary bail was ordered by Special judge Shailendra Malik who posted in next hearing in the case for October 22.
Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the case against Sukesh, had questioned her for eight hours. This came after the probe agency filed a charge sheet on August 17 naming the actor as an accused in the case.
As per reports, the 37 year old actor was allegedly gifted jewellery worth over Rs 7 crore by Sukesh Chandrasekhar. He had also allegedly gifted several high end cars, expensive bags, clothes, shoes and costly watches to the actor and her family members. Apart from Fernandez, Nora Fatehi and her aides were also questionee by the ED several times.
Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who is currently in jail, is accused of cheating various high-profile individuals, such as former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi Singh.