Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar was contacting Jacqueline Fernandez from Tihar Jail, reports

Jacqueline Fernandez made news after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned her in connection with a money laundering case involving convicted conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Following the summons, Jacqueline came at the ED headquarters in June to record her statement in the case. Previously, claimed images of Jacqueline and Sukesh together had been extensively circulated on the internet; however, the star has denied dating him. A recent investigation explains how Sukesh initially began communicating with Jacqueline from within Tihar Jail in 2021.

According to an article in Hindustan times, Jacqueline initially did not react to messages given to her by Sukesh, who then reached the star through her hairdresser. Sukesh allegedly stated in his introduction that he owns a TV network and a jewellery store.

He also claimed to be “close” to Home Minister Amit Shah. According to the report, Jacqueline informed investigators during her interrogation that she was unaware Sukesh, who is accused of a 200 crore money laundering case, was contacting her from within the jail, and that she questioned why he ‘avoided meeting her on occasions.’

“She (Jacqueline) claimed that he met her only twice while he was out of jail on parole. One of these meetings happened in Chennai. Whenever Fernandez would ask for a meeting, he would say he was stuck due to Covid restrictions. This was also the time when Covid struck and there was a lockdown. Then came the second wave (of the pandemic)… (Sukesh) Chandrasekhar was, however, in constant touch with Fernandez through video calls that he made from the office space that he had created inside Tihar jail,” sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told ThePrint.

Aa per reports, Jacqueline also stated that she had read about Sukesh in the press and inquired about him through their go-between, but was informed that he had been ‘implicated in a bogus case.’ According to the go-between, she was also told that this “keeps happening with important businesspeople.”

Sukesh’s lawyer had previously told the public that Jacqueline was dating him. However, the actor’s representatives denied any affiliation with Sukesh. She has been questioned by the ED on multiple times, the most recent being on June 27. In April, the agency attached the actor’s assets worth 7.27 crore in a case brought under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. Jacqueline was barred from boarding a flight from Mumbai to Muscat in December 2021 after the ED issued a lookout notice in her name.