Chennai (Tamil Nadu): The Enforcement Directorate officials (ED) on Monday seized sixteen luxury cars, undisclosed cash and laptops from a notorious conman Sukesh Chandrasekar, who is presently lodged in Delhi's Rohini jail.
Chandrasekhar, who is in jail, has been accused of defrauding a Delhi businessman of up to Rs 200 crore over false promises. He allegedly extorted Rs 200 cr by carrying out an extortion racket from inside Rohini jail. According to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Chandrasekhar, along with two of his associates who worked for him from outside the prison, had extorted the amount from a businessman's wife (Aditi Singh) on the pretext of freeing her husband Shivendra Singh.
Singh, a former promoter of Ranbaxy, Fortis and Religare Enterprises, was arrested along with his brother Malvinder Mohan Singh in October 2019, for alleged financial irregularities.
On that basis, Delhi ED officials also conducted a search operation at his house on the East Coast Road in Chennai.
During a seven-day search, officials seized 16 luxury cars worth Rs 70 crore. They also confiscated a laptop and undisclosed cash of Rs 60,000. After the raid officials sealed the house.
Back in 2017, Chandrasekhar had allegedly attempted to bribe Election Commission officials to get a favourable verdict on the coveted 'Two Leaves' symbol on which former AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran wanted to contest RK Nagar by-polls in Chennai.
He was arrested by Delhi police in 2017. He is accused in 20 cases and has secured bail in 17 of them.
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