NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has summoned actor Nora Fatehi as a witness in an extortion case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.In an order dated October 16, Additional Sessions Judge Gagandeep Singh said, “Issue summons to Nora Fatehi alias Naura Fatehi (Listed Witness or LW 3 in 3rd Supplementary chargesheet for the said date (of November 2).“Individual witnesses are initially numbered as LWs and become prosecution witnesses (PWs) after appearing in court.The case pertains to allegations that Chandrashekhar, while lodged in Delhi’s Rohini Jail, impersonated senior government officials and extorted around Rs 200 crore from Aditi Singh, wife of former Ranbaxy promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh, during 2020-21, news agency ANI reported.He allegedly promised to secure her husband’s release from jail in exchange for money.The Delhi Police‘s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) investigated the alleged extortion and filed a chargesheet under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).Fatehi was earlier questioned by the EOW over her alleged association with Chandrashekhar and his wife, Leena Maria Paulose.Police recorded her statement under Section 164 of the CrPC and subsequently named her as a prosecution witness in the supplementary chargesheet, ANI reported.The actor told investigators that her interaction with Chandrashekhar was through his wife. She was also questioned about an event she attended in Chennai in December 2020.The case against Chandrasekhar is being investigated by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police.(With agency inputs)
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