The Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing arrested actor Leena Maria Paul on Sunday for allegedly serving to her boyfriend Sukesh Chandrasekhar, an accused in 21 instances, in extorting Rs 200 crore from a businessman’s spouse. The police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOCA) Act in opposition to the accused, a senior police officer mentioned, including that additional investigation into the matter is underway.
He mentioned that Paul allegedly helped Chandrasekhar in duping former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s spouse Aditi Singh. An FIR was registered on August 7 after Aditi Singh knowledgeable police {that a} man posing as a senior official of the Law Ministry in June final 12 months had supplied to assist her safe bail for her husband, who was in jail at the moment, in return for cash.
Shivinder Singh was arrested in a cash laundering case associated to alleged misappropriation of funds at Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) in 2019.
According to the police, Chandrasekhar, an accused in 21 instances, together with the Election Commission bribery case, had made the decision to Aditi Singh and he was arrested in August.
At the time of the incident, Chandrasekhar was lodged in Delhi’s Rohini jail and was working an extortion racket from behind the bars.
The police had additionally arrested his two associates who operated for him from exterior the jail together with two senior officers of Rohini jail for aiding Chandrasekhar.
During the course of investigation, the police had discovered {that a} supervisor of a financial institution in Connaught Place and his two associates had been concerned within the doubtful transactions for circulation of funds and association of money and the three had been subsequently arrested, a senior official mentioned.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing) R Ok Singh mentioned Chandrasekhar’s associates revealed that they had been helped by Rohini jail officers.
“An assistant jail superintendent and the deputy superintendent of Rohini Jail had been discovered concerned within the racket they usually have admitted to have helped the accused. The two jail officers had been additionally arrested, the police had mentioned.
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