The Delhi High Court dismissed Leena Maria Paulose’s bail application on Tuesday in a Rs 200 crore extortion case brought by the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police. Leena is the con artist Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s wife. The Court also dismissed the bail petitions of two accused Kamlesh Kothari and B Mohan Raj in the same case. Sukesh Chandrasekhar, Leena Maria Paulose and others are presently in judicial custody since last year in the case for allegedly duping Aditi Singh, wife of the former promoter of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma on Tuesday dismissed all three bail petitions filed in the matter.
The Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in September 2021 had arrested actor Leena Maria Paul, wife of Sukesh Chandrasekar, for allegedly supporting her partner in cases of duping.
According to police, Kothari is a real estate agent who helped the couple buy a bungalow in Chennai and B Mohan Raj a lawyer by profession and has been representing Chandrashekhar in his cases for a long time and was allegedly involved in their wrongdoing.
The Delhi Police Economic Offence Wing (EOW) last year filed a chargesheet naming 14 accused including Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, his Wife Leena Maria Paul and others. The Chargesheet was filed under various sections of IPC and provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
According to the EOW, Leena, Sukesh with others used hawala routes, creating shell companies to park the money earned from proceeds of crime.
Delhi Police’s EOW had registered an FIR against Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh, and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crores besides ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the country.
According to the Prosecution, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police extended its investigation into the case related to extortion of over Rs 200 crore, by Rohini jail inmate Sukesh Chandrasekar for allegedly duping wives of former Religare promoters Malvinder and Shivinder Singh, who are currently in Tihar jail. According to investigations, the accused Sukesh Chandrasekar defrauded Malvinder’s wife Japna Singh and Shivinder’s wife Aditi Singh out of numerous crores of rupees. Under the guise of an officer from the Union Law Ministry, the women claimed that they had paid the conman millions of rupees to seek bail for their husbands and ensure their safety.
After pretending to be government representatives and offering to secure bail for Aditi’s husband, Chandrasekhar and his friends allegedly stole money from her. According to sources, while Chandrasekhar was being held in Rohini jail, he convinced Aditi to transfer money by pretending to be a central government official through a hoax call and promising to handle bail for her husband. Both Chandrasekhar and his actor wife Leena Maria Paul were arrested by the Delhi Police in September 2021 for their alleged role in the duping case.