Sukesh Chandrasekhar's aide Pinki Irani sent to judicial custody

December 03, 2022 14:53

Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar

A Delhi Court has sent Pinki Irani to judicial custody till December 21 in connection with a probe into a Rs 200 crore extortion case involving jailed conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.

According to the Delhi Police, Mumbai-based Pinky Irani is said to be a close aide of Chandrasekhar and introduced him to bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez.

Additional Sessions Judge Shailendra Malik while sending her to judicial custody noted the submissions of the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police which sought judicial custody.

It stated that the accused was arrested in the case on November 30 and custody was needed to prevent the accused from committing any further offence, besides conducting a proper investigation.

The EOW application also stated that to prevent the accused from tampering with evidence, or influencing witnesses the judicial custody remand of the accused was needed.

The court also noted that the accused has also moved an application stating that her statement has been wrongly recorded.

Pinki Irani revealed on Saturday when she was produced before a magistrate in the Patiala House Court that the statement 'was absolutely false but attributed to her'.

The accused has stated that she is retracting all her statements and that be kept on record, the court noted.

The Delhi Police had earlier stated that Pinky Irani used to portray Chandrasekhar as a business tycoon.

She was instrumental in facilitating certain Bollywood personalities getting in touch with the main accused, Sukesh Chandrasekhar, in the extortion case.

It was also alleged that Irani has been instrumental in disposing of the amount extorted from the complainant and other sources.

Last week, the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police recorded the statement of actor Jacqueline Fernandez after she said she wanted to give some important information.

Pinki Irani was arrested earlier but she managed to get bail.At the time, while moving the bail plea, she had stated that the allegations of violation of provisions of PMLA against the applicant were misconceived. -- ANI

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