The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has opposed actress Jacqueline Fernandez's plea to become an approver in the ₹200-crore money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
The ED argued that Fernandez actively benefited from crime proceeds and now seeks to evade prosecution.
They claimed she was no 'unwitting victim' as she stayed in constant touch with Chandrasekhar despite knowing his criminal background and received gifts he arranged from laundered funds.
The agency described Fernandez's conduct during the investigation as far from cooperative, as she consistently failed to make truthful disclosures to ED.
Special Prosecutor Atul Tripathi said that granting Fernandez the position of an approver would be a miscarriage of justice and would undermine the gravity of the offence she has committed.
