Money laundering case: On Saturday, the Patiala House Court in Delhi extended the conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s judicial custody until March 31 in relation to a Rs 200 crore money laundering case. He was taken before the court earlier today, where his imprisonment was increased.

In the meantime, Chandrasekhar also submitted a petition asking for the case to be transferred to a different judge, claiming the judge was biassed. The court, however, declined to hear his argument and also voiced its disapproval of the petition’s filing. The court argued that the accused didn’t have the right to criticise the presiding officer.

On February 24, a Delhi court granted Chandrashekhar three days’ remand to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), who had recently been arrested in another case of extortion and money laundering.

He was arrested in connection with an enforcement case information report (ECIR) filed by the ED for allegedly defrauding Japna Singh, the wife of former Religare Enterprises promoter Malvinder Singh, of Rs 3.5 crore. The complainant claims that Sukesh Chandrashekar pretended to be a senior government official when he called Japna M. Singh in order to demand money.

About The Money Laundering Case

The Enforcement Directorate case centers on a Delhi Police case against Chandrasekhar for allegedly stealing money from former AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran. He allegedly used the funds to bribe Election Commission officials in order to secure the two leaves symbol for the VK Sasikala faction in a by-election for the RK Nagar assembly seat in Tamil Nadu.

In 2019, the Delhi High Court remained the main bribery case. Chandrasekhar was arrested while incarcerated in connection with another case. The trial court filed charges against him in PMLA in October 2022.

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Chandrasekhar has also been accused of duping top government officials in order to extort Rs 200 crore from Aditi Singh, the wife of Shivinder Mohan Singh, the former owner of pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy. The alleged conman was accused of duping Aditi Singh by promising to secure the release of her husband, who was imprisoned in a money laundering case.