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Nora Fatehi Quizzed by ED For Five Hours in Connection to Sukesh Chandrasekhar Extortion Case

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Nora Fatehi Quizzed by Enforcement Directorate For Five Hours: Nora Fatehi lately appeared earlier than the Enforcement Directorate in connection to the Rs 200 Crore cash laundering probe. The actor on Friday was quizzed by ED over 5 years in connection to the case involving conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has additionally been probed by the ED and appeared earlier than Delhi’s Patiala House Court associated to the investigation. Nora had earlier said that she was a sufferer of the ‘conspiracy’ and had no reference to the conman.

As the actor got here out of the ED workplace after 5 hours, the journos requested him whether or not she acquired any presents from Sukesh. The actor answered, “No,” earlier than getting inside her automotive. Nora’s assertion can be recorded beneath the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), as per a number of media sources. She had mentioned beforehand that she was a “victim of the conspiracy and not a conspirator,” throughout her interplay with Economic Offences Wing.

Sukesh has been accused of operating an extortion racket value Rs 200 Crore from Aditi Singh, the spouse of jailed former Ranbaxy proprietor Shivinder Singh. The conman had allegedly posed as officers from the union legislation ministry and the PMO, on the pretext of getting her husband out on bail. According to ED, Sukesh additionally used unlawful cash to purchase presents for Fernandez which he had extorted by dishonest Aditi Singh and others.

Sukesh is a local of Bengaluru in Karnataka and is presently lodged in a Delhi jail and faces over 10 felony instances registered towards him.

For extra updates on Nora Fatehi and Sukesh Chandrasekhar, take a look at this house at India.com.