Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar had allegedly promised an quantity of at the least Rs 10 crore (100 million) to his aide Pinky Irani to befriend actor Jacqueline Fernandez, investigators probing the Rs 200 crore rip-off have discovered.

According to the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) towards Irani, she had knowingly and actively connived with Chandrashekhar to construct his “larger-than-life” picture that aided him in pulling off the multi-crore rip-off, officers instructed CNN-News18.

“An amount of at least Rs 10 crore was promised to Irani by Sukesh to get Jacqueline Fernandez. She was tasked with befriending her and bringing her into his contact, by making her believe that he is a businessman. As they had other actresses on target, different amount was promised to Irani for each of them. We have managed to trace bank transactions of Rs 80 lakh so far. Money was paid to her on several occasions, even in cash,” mentioned an officer privy to the developments, looking for anonymity.

This is the primary time Pinky Irani has been named as an accused in a chargesheet within the Rs 215 crore rip-off. She was earlier a suspect and was summoned a number of occasions beforehand earlier than being arrested by the Delhi Police. Irani is being charged below the stringent MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act), amongst different sections.

“During investigation, when she was confronted with evidence, Irani confessed that she used to get paid to approach actresses at the behest of Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Maria Paul,” the officer added.

Paul, a former actress, has additionally been arrested on this case. Chandrashekhar has been accused of posing as senior bureaucrats and extorting a sum of at the least Rs 215 crore from Aditi Singh on the pretext of securing bail for her jailed husband Shivinder Singh, a former promoter of pharmaceutical firm Ranbaxy.

A local of Bengaluru in Karnataka, Chandrashekhar is presently lodged in a Delhi jail and faces over 10 felony circumstances.

Delhi Police had earlier additionally summoned Sri Lankan actress and mannequin Fernandez within the probe as she is being investigated over allegations of receiving luxurious items from Chandrashekhar purchased utilizing the proceeds of crime.

In their investigation Delhi Police had additionally discovered that it was Irani who used to accompany actresses who had allegedly met Chandrashekhar even when he was lodged in Tihar Jail. He was launched as a businessman and used to meet actresses in a room which he referred to as his workplace.

It was additionally alleged that the actresses and Irani underwent no checks earlier than getting into the jail and no diary entries have been made on their names.

Earlier, when Irani was in police custody, she was additionally taken to Tihar Jail and the police, so as to set up lapses, reconstructed how she entered the premises with the actresses. At least 4 actresses had met Chandrashekhar when he was lodged at Tihar.​

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