ED issues fresh summons to actor Jacqueline Fernandez

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has been asked by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before the agency and record her statement on Saturday after she skipped her summons on Friday in connection with a money laundering case being probed against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, officials said.         

Fernandez, 36, once appeared before the federal agency in August and recorded her statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in this case. The officials said that after she skipped her fresh summons for Friday, the Bollywood actor has been asked to depose before the investigating officer of the case on Saturday.        

It is understood that the agency wants to confront her with Chandrashekhar and his actor wife, Leena Maria Paul. The agency, they said, wants to understand some trail of funds and transactions that are allegedly linked to Fernandez in this case. Actor and dancer Norah Fatehi, 29, recorded her statement with the ED on Thursday in this case. “Nora Fatehi has been the victim around the case and being a witness, she is co-operating and helping the officers in the investigation,” her representative said.