Sukesh Chandrashekhar, an alleged conman facing charges of money laundering, cheating and impersonating, has challenged Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez’s plea over ‘intimidating’ and ‘harassing’ letters sent by him from jail to her.
The conman filed an application in Delhi’s Patiala House court stating Jacqueline’s plea has “suppressed multiple facts” in linked to the ₹200 crore extortion case.
“I am ready to undergo any punishment if even one single letter sent to Jacqueline proves or covers my content that is threatening, intimidating, or related to any of the cases or matters pertaining to the ongoing EOW or ED cases,” Chandrashekhar’s application said. He further questioned why she did not moved to the high court last year when he sent number of letters.
Last week, Jacqueline moved the Delhi high court seeking direction to the superintendent of Mandoli prison and Delhi Police’s economic offences wing (EOW) to stop the conman from issuing any messages, statements or letters sent to her directly or indirectly. She alleged that Sukesh “persistently engages in the unsolicited dissemination of troubling letters” to number of electronic and print media platforms, results into an alarming and distressing atmosphere for Fernandez.
Referring Chandrasekhar’s letter dated October 15, the plea said it was “laced with unsolicited and disturbing content.” “This relentless pursuit by Chandrashekhar, targeted at establishing contact with the applicant (Jacqueline), is nothing short of a blatant attempt at witness tampering, with the clear intention of mentally intimidating her to the extent that she is compelled to withhold the truth in the criminal trial,” it said.
In response to the plea, the EOW said it supports the actress’ plea adding that it has observed the accused has been in the “habit of sending letters, concerning the present applicant, to media platforms, through various means, which is not only harassing/ threatening the present applicant directly but also affecting her social/ professional assignments.”
Notably, the actress is a protected witness in the FIR being looked into by the EOW related to the ₹200-crore money-laundering and extortion case in connection to alleged Chandrashekhar.