Overview
- Delhi’s Patiala House Court granted the Enforcement Directorate time to study Jacqueline Fernandez’s request to turn approver and listed the case for hearing on May 8.
- Fernandez has applied to become an approver, which would require her to testify against co-accused in exchange for possible leniency under Indian law.
- The ED told the court her application was vague and said it needed more time to examine the filing before submitting its reply.
- Fernandez was earlier named as an accused in an ED supplementary charge sheet, and her bid to quash the money-laundering case was rejected by the Delhi High Court, with the Supreme Court later declining to intervene.
- The probe centers on alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, accused of running a Rs 200 crore extortion scheme from Rohini Jail using phone-spoofing, with police alleging the proceeds moved through hawala routes and shell companies.