NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed a charge sheet against Sukesh Chandrasekhar, a millionaire conman who is involved in extorting hundreds of crores from businessmen, politicians and celebrities and seven others in connection with the Rs 200 crore money laundering case.
An ED official said that the financial probe agency has filed a charge sheet against eight accused including Chandrasekhar, his wife Leena Maria Paul, Deepak Ramdani, Pradeep Ramdani, B Mohan Raj, Arun Muthu, alleged hawala operator Avtar Singh Kochar and Kamlesh Kothari.
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The ED has also named Bollywood actors Jacqueline Fernandes and Nora Fatehi as witness in its charge sheet, which runs in over 7,000 pages.
The ED has filed the charge sheet against the eight accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The court took the cognizance of the charge sheet and fixed the matter for hearing on December 13 and also asked the advocates to provide a copy of charge sheet to all the accused.
During the hearing of the court, Paul informed the Judge that she was being discriminated in the prison as she was wife of Chandrasekhar. She also said that the accused lodged in the jails and being probed by agencies like NIA are allowed to make calls to their families but she was not being allowed to do the same.
She also urged the judge that she be allowed to make calls to her family members once a week.
Paul informed the judge while joining the court’s proceedings via video conferencing.
The ED case is based on the case registered by the Delhi Police earlier this year. The EOW has registered a case on the complaint of Aditi S Singh, wife of former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivender Singh alleging she has been cheated of Rs 200 crore for securing bail of her husband by a caller introducing himself as the officer from Union Ministry of Law.
After probe by EOW, it was established that Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who was lodged in Rohini Jail was the mastermind behind this offence.
Sukesh also used to send expensive gifts to Fernandes while he was lodged in jail. He had met her for the first time January this year.
The ED had arrested al the eight accused named in the case. The ED had also questioned Fernandes and fatehi on several occasions.
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