‘Jacqueline Fernandez tried to flee country’: ED opposes her bail in Rs 200 crore extortion case

The agency alleged that Fernandez was “not an ordinary person but a Bollywood actress having huge financial resources and hence has a high stature and influence in the society.” It alleged Fernandez appears to be a person with a deep pocket and is economically sound and in such cases, the chances of adversely affecting the ongoing investigation are more and hence the applicant is unfit to be released on bail.

The agency alleged that Fernandez never cooperated with the investigation and only when confronted with evidence, she made disclosures. It also pointed out the allegation that Fernandez had deleted evidence and also asked the others involved in the case to do the same.

The ED has alleged Fernandez received gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore from Chandrashekar but is “trying to justify herself that she was in fact the victim of manipulative actions by Sukesh”. It has claimed the expensive gifts Chandrashekar gave to Fernandez were done through accommodation entry providers from Kerala, Chennai, Mumbai, etc.