Pinki Irani was arrested on Wednesday by the Delhi Police’s Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) in connection with the investigation into the Rs 200 crore extortion case involving jailed conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
According to the police, Mumbai-based Pinky Irani is said to be a close aide of Chandrashekhar and to have introduced him to Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez. On Wednesday, Additional Sessions Judge Shailendra Malik of Delhi Patiala House Court sentenced Irani to three days in police custody after noting the Delhi Police’s submissions that the accused Pinky Irani used to portray herself as a business tycoon and that the accused was instrumental in facilitating certain Bollywood personalities’ contact with the main accused, Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
It is alleged that accused Pinky Irani has been instrumental in disposing of the amount of money extorted from the complainant and other sources.
R.K. Handoo, opposed the application on the ground that whatever facts have been mentioned in the remand paper are exactly the same .
