Jacqueline Fernandez was permitted by the Delhi high court on May 30 to travel to the UAE to attend the forthcoming IIFA. A lookout circular has been issued by the Enforcement Directorate against the actress in connection with an alleged Rs. 200 crore money-laundering and extortion case involving conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain directed the actress to submit a fixed deposit receipt (FDR) of Rs. 1 crore and give an undertaking that in case she did not return, it would be forfeited along with a surety of Rs. 1 crore. The high court passed the order while dealing with the ED’s challenge to a trial court’s order dated May 28, granting permission to her to travel to Abu Dhabi, UAE from May 31 to June 6. Justice Jain underlined that the trial court’s order did not need interference as it was passed after considering the relevant facts and it imposed reasonable conditions on Jacqueline to ensure that she returned and joined the investigation.