Sara Ali Khan, Bhumi Pednekar, Janhvi Kapoor named in Sukesh Chandrasekhar scandal: Here’s the real story

Earlier, actors like Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi were allegedly involved in the conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar scandal who extorted Rs 215 crores from Aditi Singh. Amidst this, it is also reported that Jacqueline was in a relationship with Sukesh Chandrasekhar and now more names from the Bollywood industry has cropped out and they are Sara Ali Khan, Bhumi Pednekar, Janhvi Kapoor. As per a report published in India Today, the conman who is currently in Delhi’s Tihar jail has mentioned these three divas’ names where he has contacted them before and tried to send gifts on various occasions and with different identities.

As per the reports, the conman contacts the actresses via his CEO Pinky Irani whose job is to convince the actors to meet the conman. She was the one who introduced Sukesh to Jacqueline Fernandez.

Sara Ali Khan was gifted a luxury watch and chocolates which were rejected by the actor. Reportedly, the conman tried to contact her via WhatsApp on May 21, 2021, as Suraj Reddy. They were chatting for a while; Sukesh then told Sara that he wants to gift her a car as a friendly gesture. In fact, he kept insisting on showering her with expensive gifts. That’s not, the Kedarnath also received a Franck Muller watch worth lakhs of rupees.

 

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Sara was questioned by ED for the same on January 14, 2022, where she also clarified that she refused gifts from Sukesh but accepted a box of chocolates.

Talking about Janhvi Kapoor, the actor was targeted by Sukesh through Sukesh’s wife Leena Maria Paul who approached her as the owner of a salon called Nail Artistry. She even called Kapoor for the opening of a salon in Bengaluru on July 19, 2021. However, unaware of anything, she even inaugurated the salon.

The report mentions that during the interrogation, Jnahvi stated that she got Rs 18.94 lakh as payment to inaugurated the salon. Further, Sukesh even gifted her a Christian Dior tote bag by Leena’s mother on the day of the event.

 

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Coming to Bhumi Pednekar, the Pati Patni Aur Woh star is the third actor to get targeted by Sukesh. Reportedly, his associate Pinky Irani approached Bhumi as the Vice President HR of News Express Post in January 2021. Pinky told Bhumi that the chairman is a fan of her and wanted to gift her a car. The next day, Sukesh Chandrasekhar even contacted Bhumi, introducing himself as ‘Shekhar’and said, “My friend Ms Irani must have got in touch with you regarding a few projects and a car that I wanna gift you.”

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During the ED interrogation session, Bhumi revealed that she did not receive any gifts from Sura or Shekar or any of his associates.

Also read: “It’s really sad and disturbing to see private pictures being circulated” – Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar defends Jacqueline in a letter from jail