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Jacqueline Fernandez moves court to restrain Sukesh Chandrashekhar from contacting her

In its reply, the EOW said it was a matter of “grave concern” that an important witness in the case was harassed and threatened by the accused.

conman' ChandrasekharJacqueline Fernandez approached the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking quashing of the FIR against her. (Express File Photo)

Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez recently moved a Delhi court seeking directions to immediately restrain Sukesh Chandrasekhar from issuing letters, messages, or statements addressed to her. Fernandez is a witness in the FIR being investigated by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police in connection with the Rs 200 crore money-laundering and extortion case linked to Sukesh.

In the plea dated December 17, Fernandez alleged that the threats and intimidation tactics used by Sukesh have caused serious harassment to her. She also alleged he wanted to threaten Fernandez to not reveal the truth to the court.

At the end of the plea were attached some letters which Sukesh had earlier sent to Fernandez. One read “My bunny rabbit…you and me forever come what may mine forever.” Chandrasekhar in a letter also mentioned Jacqueline’s television advertisement of the ‘Lux Cozy’ brand. “Baby I was thinking about us yesterday while I watched your latest ad Lux Cozy…that ad was so about us,” he wrote.

In one letter, while wishing Fernandez, Sukesh referred to her as her “baby girl”. In the letter, he wrote “Your Birthday is the happiest day of every year in my life. In fact, it means more to me than my own birthday. You are becoming even more beautiful and youthful with each passing day. I am missing you immensely; you have no idea.”

Fernandez also alleged in her plea that Sukesh’s attempt to establish contact with her was analogous to witness tampering to get her to withhold the truth in the criminal trial. “Mr Sukesh Chandrashekhar persistently engages in the unsolicited dissemination of troubling letters to numerous electronic and print media platforms,” read the plea. Fernandez also alleged that the letters – published by various media publications – were creating a distressing environment for her.

Anant Malik, Sukesh’s lawyer, told The Indian Express that the application moved by Fernandez was absolutely “frivolous and bogus” and was based on concealment of material facts. “A similar complaint was filed by Fernandez earlier… that was dismissed and the court had held there was no evidence against Sukesh for sending any unsolicited messages,” claimed Malik.

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