Don’t know the criminal origin of the gift?

New Delhi, November 14 – Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez’s legal team argued in the Delhi High Court that she was unaware of the criminal origins of gifts she received allegedly linked to con man Sukesh Chandrashekhar ( Sukesh Chandrashekar’s Rs 2 billion money laundering case. Fernandez is challenging the charges against her in the high-profile case.

During the hearing, Judge Anish Dayal questioned whether adults have a duty to know the origin of gifts they receive. Jacqueline’s lawyers, led by senior advocate Siddharth Agrawal, argued that Fernandez had no idea that Chandrashekhar’s gift had been obtained through illegal means. “The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was not aware that these were proceeds of crime,” Agrawal said.

The defense further argued that while Fernandez saw a newspaper article in February 2019 linking Chandrashekhar to criminal activity, she later severed ties and was unaware that the gifts were the alleged proceeds of crime. part.

The Department of Education alleged that Fernandez ignored the article’s warnings and continued to accept gifts. However, her lawyers argued that the article did not in itself constitute legal evidence and insisted that she was persuaded by co-accused Pinky Irani that Chandrashekhar was well-connected in politics.

The case will be argued further on November 26.