Jacqueline Fernandez offers to turn approver in ₹200 crore money laundering case

Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez on Friday expressed willingness to turn approver in the ₹200 crore money laundering case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar during proceedings before a Delhi court, as per reports.

The Patiala House Court reportedly directed the actor to file a formal application before the concerned authority as part of the legal process.

Special Judge Prashant Sharma issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking its response and posted the matter for further hearing on April 20.

Fernandez, a Sri Lankan national based in India, has been questioned multiple times by the ED in connection with the case and was named as an accused in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the agency.

Earlier, on July 3 last year, the Delhi High Court dismissed her plea seeking to quash the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) lodged in the matter. The Supreme Court of India later declined to interfere with the high court’s order.

The case relates to alleged money laundering activities involving Chandrasekhar, who was earlier booked by Delhi Police for allegedly duping the spouses of former Ranbaxy promoters Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh of around ₹200 crore.

Investigations against Chandrasekhar are ongoing in multiple cases across the country.