ED gets 3-day extension of conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s remand

On Thursday, Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s jail cell was raided, which led to the recovery of several luxury items, including slippers worth Rs 1.5 lakh

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) got three days extension of the remand of Sukesh Chandrashekhar in a money laundering case. While seeking remand the ED submitted that it needs to know about payments to Deepak Ramdani and some jail officials. The judge extended the custody of the alleged conman after he was produced before court on expiry of his nine-day ED custody.

The court passed the order on an application filed by the Enforcement Directorate which said it needed to interrogate him to track the money trail. The anti-money laundering probe agency also got 5 days' police remand of co-accused Deepak Ramdani.

This comes a day after a host of luxury items, including slippers worth Rs 1.5 lakhs were discovered in his prison cell during a surprise raid. He has been arrested in an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) registered by the ED for allegedly duping Malvinder Singh's Wife Japna Singh of Rs 3.5 crore.

Both Chandrasekhar and his actor wife Leena Maria Paul were arrested by the Delhi Police in September 2022 for their alleged role in the duping case.

Bollywood actors Jacqueline Fernandez Nora Fatehi and other several names surfaced during the investigation of the Economic Offence Wing of the Delhi Police and the ED.

Sukesh Chandrashekhar reveals he paid Rs 70 crore to jailed AAP leader Satyendra Jain

Meanwhile, speaking exclusively to News18, conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who was arrested by Delhi Police in the Rs 200 crore extortion case, admitted to giving Rs 70 Crore from the money he laundered from Japna M Singh to jailed Delhi Health Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain.

Notably, Satyendra Jain was also arrested in May last year. The ED arrested him in a money laundering case connected to the hawala transactions by Kolkata-based companies. The companies have reportedly laundered money to the tune of Rs 16.39 crores from 2010 to 2014.

Chandrashekhar is a conman and alleged mastermind behind several high-profile cases of fraud and extortion in India. He was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, and has a long history of criminal activities dating back to his teenage years. There are over 20 other cases of extortion registered against the conman who operated a racket from inside his jail cell. In 2021, he was arrested in connection with a high-profile bribery case involving the Election Commission of India (ECI). He was accused of attempting to bribe the ECI officials on behalf of AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran to secure the party's symbol for the by-elections in Tamil Nadu.