Jacqueline Fernandez Questioned by Enforcement Directorate in Delhi as Witness in Money Laundering Case

Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez is being questioned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for several hours in Delhi with regards to a money laundering case. She was called for questioning and was quizzed for over five hours by the Enforcement Directorate. Sources said that she is being looked at as a witness in a case of money laundering, and her questioning is likely to end by 7-7:30pm today.

She is reportedly being interrogated in connection with an alleged multi-crore extortion racket operated by a known conman named Sukesh Chandrashekar, who is also accused in bribery matter involving the Election Commission. On August 24, the probe agency had said that it had seized a sea-facing bungalow in Chennai, Rs 82.5 lakh cash, and over a dozen luxurious cars in connection with the money laundering case against Chandrashekar, reported NDTV.

Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan national who has been working in Bollywood for 12 years now, having made her debut with the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Aladin in 2009. She was crowned Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006, and represented her country at the Miss Universe pageant in 2006. She has several major projects in the pipeline, including Ram Setu and Bachchan Pandey co-starring Akshay Kumar, Kick 2 with Salman Khan, Bhoot Police with Saif Ali Khan, Yami Gautam and Arjun Kapoor, and Cirkus with Ranveer Singh and Pooja Hegde.

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