Not only Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi, Conman Sukesh targeted 3 more actors

The Enforcement Directorate probe has divulged that conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar targeted three more bollywood stars along with Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi, according to India Today.

These three actors are Sara Ali Khan, Janhvi Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar. The jailed conman allegedly made use of extorted money to send them gifts.

Sukesh Chandrashekhar, aged 32, is now in high security Tihar Jail for allegedly extorting Rs 215 crore from Aditi Singh, the wife of the owner of Ranbaxy. Pretending to be Law Secretary, Home Secretary, representative of Home Minister Amit Shah, and representative of Prime Minister's Office.

Sukesh targeted Sara Ali Khan in May 2021. He introduced himself to the actor by texting her on WhatsApp on May 21, 2021 as Suraj Reddy. Their chat continued on WhatsApp and finally, Sukesh told Sara that he would like to gift her a car as a friendly gesture.

The conman also stated that his CEO Pinky Irani had tried to contact Sara. Irani is an associate of Sukesh whose job was to convince actors to meet the conman. Pinky Irani was the one to introduced Sukesh to Jacqueline.

As Sukesh kept sending messages to Sara and insisted on showering her with gifts. Sara was quizzed by the probe agency regarding the gifts. In a letter to the ED dated January 14, 2022, the actor told investigators that she repeatedly turned down Sukesh’s offer.

Furthermore, Sara told the probe agency that after refusing Sukesh many times, she agreed to accept a box of chocolates from him. Later, Sukesh sent her a Franck Muller watch along with the chocolates in an attempt to befriend her, sources said..

Janhvi Kapoor was also targeted by Sukesh with the help of his wife Leena Maria Paul. The conman allegedly gave gifts worth over Rs 18 lakh to Janhvi. This is the same money which Sukesh extorted from Aditi Singh.

Janhvi also told the ED that apart from money, she was gifted a Christian Dior bag. The actor submitted her bank account details before the ED along with her statement.

The conman also had his eyes on Bhumi Pednekar. She was targeted by Sukesh’s associate Pinky Irani, who approached Bhumi pretending to be the Vice President of News Express in January 2021.

Pinky Irani told Bhumi that their group’s chairman Sukesh Chandrasekhar was a fan of hers and wanted to talk to her about a big project. He also wanted to gift her a car, she told Bhumi.

The following day, Sukesh called Bhumi and introduced himself as ‘Shekhar’and said, “My friend Ms Irani must have got in touch with you regarding a few projects and a car that I wanna gift you.”

Bhumi told ED officials that she did not receive any type of gifts from Sukesh Chandrasekhar or Suraj or Shekhar or his any of his associates.

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