Extortion case: HC issues notice to Delhi police on Leena Paulose bail plea

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Economic Offences Wing EOW of Delhi Police on the plea of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhars wife Leena Maria Paulose in a Rs 200 crore extortion caseSukesh Chandrashekhar Leena Maria Paulose and others are currently in judicial custody since last year in the case for allegedly duping Aditi Singh wife of the former promoter of Ranbaxy Shivinder Singh of Rs 200 croreJustice Dinesh Kumar Sharma on Monday asked Delhi Police to file a status report in the matter and slated the matter for further hearing on February 2 2023Recently Delhi Police in the present case arrested Mumbailbased Pinky Irani said to be a close aide of Chandrashekhar and introduced him to Bollywood actor Jacqueline FernandezAccording to the EOW the accused Pinky Irani used to portray him Sukesh to be a business tycoon and the accused used to be instrumental to facilitate certain Bollywood personalities to contact with main accused Sukesh ChandrasekharAlso read Rs 200 cr extortion case Leena Paulose wife of Sukesh Chandrasekhar moves Delhi HC for bailIt is also in the allegations that accused Pinky Irani has been instrumental in disposing off the amount of money extorted from the complainant and other sourcesPreviously bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez also recorded her statement in the court under Section 164 of Code of Criminal Procedure CrPC saying she wanted to give some important information in the Rs 200 crore fraud case involving conman Sukesh ChandrashekharThe Delhi Police Economic Offence Wing EOW in 2021 filed a chargesheet naming 14 accused including Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar his Wife Leena Maria Paul and others The Chargesheet was filed under various sections of IPC and provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCAAccording to the EOW Leena Sukesh with others used Hawala routes creating Shell companies to park the money earned from proceeds of crimeDelhi Polices EOW had registered an FIR against Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh of Rs 200 crores besides ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the countryAccording to the Prosecution the Economic Offences Wing EOW of Delhi Police extended its investigation into the case related to extortion of over Rs 200 crore by Rohini jail inmate Sukesh Chandrasekar for allegedly duping wives of former Religare promoters Malvinder and Shivinder Singh who are currently in Tihar jailInvestigations revealed that the accused Sukesh Chandrasekar had duped Shivinders wife Aditi Singh and Malvinders wife Japna Singh worth over several crores of rupees The women claimed that they have paid crores of rupees to the conman to secure bail for their husbands and ensure their safety posing as an officer from the Union Law MinistryChandrasekhar and his associates allegedly took money from Aditi after posing as government officials and promising to get bail for her husband As per reports Chandrasekhar persuaded Aditi to transfer money by impersonating a central government official over a spoof call while he was lodged in Rohini jail and promised to manage bail for her husbandBoth Chandrasekhar and his actor wife Leena Maria Paul were arrested by the Delhi Police in September last year for their alleged role in the duping caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever