On Sunday, the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing arrested actor Leena Maria Paul for allegedly helping her boyfriend Sukesh Chandrasekhar, an accused in 21 cases, in extortion of Rs 200 crore from a businessman’s wife. The stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOCA) Act has been invoked by the police against the accused, a senior police officer said.
An FIR was registered on August 7 after Aditi Singh informed police that a man posing as a senior official of the Law Ministry in June last year had offered to help her in securing a bail for her husband, who was in prison at that time, in return for money. In 2019, Shivinder Singh was arrested in a money laundering case related to alleged misappropriation of funds at Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL). As per the police, Chandrasekhar, an accused in 21 cases, including the Election Commission bribery case, had made the call to Aditi Singh and he was arrested in August.
A senior official said, "during the course of investigation, the police had found that a manager of a bank in Connaught Place and his two associates were involved in the dubious transactions for circulation of funds and arrangement of cash and the three were subsequently arrested."
Additional Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing) R K Singh said, "an assistant jail superintendent and the deputy superintendent of Rohini Jail were found involved in the racket and they have admitted to have helped the accused. The two jail officials were also arrested."