‘Few unanswered things,’ say investigators as Nora Fatehi is questioned again

Sources said Nora was given 25-30 questions during the five hours and was questioned alongside her brother-in-law Bobby and Sukesh’s aide Pinky Irani (53), who is also an accused in the case.

Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi arrives in the Economic Offences Wing for questioning in an extortion case linked to jailed conman, in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Express Photo By Amit Mehra)

Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi appeared before the Economic Offences Wing on Thursday and was questioned for over five hours over her links to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, in connection with the Rs 200 crore money laundering case filed against him. A day earlier, Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez was questioned by the EOW in Delhi.

Sources said Nora was given 25-30 questions during the five hours and was questioned alongside her brother-in-law Bobby and Sukesh’s aide Pinky Irani (53), who is also an accused in the case.

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“She was questioned earlier too but there were a few unanswered things. The main reason is the common link between her and Fernandez. Both the actresses were introduced to Sukesh by Irani,” said an officer.

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This is the second time Nora has been summoned for questioning by the Delhi Police. Police said she is not an accused in the case. Her team had also released a statement that she is not a part of any money laundering activity and was questioned by ED to help in the investigation.

On Wednesday, Fernandez had been questioned by the EOW for more than seven hours. She too was questioned alongside Irani.
Nora reached the EOW office at Mandir Marg around 1 pm and was questioned until 6.25 pm. In her statement to the Enforcement Directorate earlier, she had stated that she got a booking for a charity event in Chennai and was gifted a Gucci Bag and an iPhone by Leena Paulose, Sukesh’s wife. The couple later offered to gift her a car.

“We wanted to know about the gifts and her links to Irani. Also, there were some things in Fernandez’s statement which we wanted to confirm with Nora. She cooperated and gave all the answers. We found that the BMW car that was gifted to her by Sukesh was under the name of Bobby. We questioned Bobby, who revealed that Sukesh approached him and Nora and offered him a job in films,” said a source.

The ED has claimed that both Fernandez and Nora received expensive gifts from Sukesh, who extorted crores from several people including former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi Singh.

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Ravindra Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime), told the media, “Nora was called today so she could be questioned with Irani and clear things. Nora’s brother-in-law was also called to clear things about the gifted car. Things have been cleared.”

Nora is a Moroccan Canadian actor who has worked in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She has been a contestant on the popular show Bigg Boss and has featured in multiple music videos.

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