Nora Fatehi has filed a defamation case against fellow actress Jacqueline Fernandez in a Delhi court, saying she made the remark 'to damage her career'.

Fatehi and Fernandez were questioned in the money laundering case against fraudster Sukesh Chandrashekhar.

Fatehi's petition alleged that Fernandez “made defamatory imputations” due to “malicious reasons” with an intent to “destroy her career to further her own interests”

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What did Fatehi say in request?

Fatehi’s plea stated that Fernandez had made a written statement to the appellate tribunal, PMLA that she was “falsely implicated by the ED while celebs such as Nora Fatehi who had received gifts from Conman Sukesh Chandrashekar had been made witnesses”

This, according to Fatehi, is an attempt to tarnish his reputation and damage her work.

“Jacqueline Fernandes sought to criminally defame the complainant in order to destroy her career to further her own interests, since they are both working in the same industry and have similar backgrounds, amongst other reasons,” her plea read.

Her plea said Fernandez's statement was made to defame him while Fatehi had nothing to do with the matter.

“It is important to mention here that the complainant (Nora Fatehi) and the defendant (Jacqueline Fernandez) are actresses from other countries and both have managed to become famous in the film industry of India. It is therefore clear that the act of the respondent to conceal the name of the complainant without informing the complainant is mala fide in nature," the petition said.

While Fatehi is from Moroccan Canada, Fernandez is from Sri Lanka. Fatehi's petition also demanded that several media outlets respond to the matter, saying that they had criminally tried to reproduce the offensive words made by Fernandez.

Their involvement in Sukesh's case

Sukesh was accused of extorting Rs 200 crore from the wife of former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh. In its supplementary charge sheet filed in the case on August 17, the Directorate of Law Enforcement (ED) said that Fernandez had received a gift of Rs 5.71 crore from Chandrashekhar, which was derived from the crime, but is “trying to justify herself that she was in fact the victim of manipulative actions by Sukesh against her”.

In October this year, the ED opposed Fernandez's bail plea, saying he had tried to flee the country. He alleged that Fernandez was not cooperating with the investigation and was only making statements when he got evidence. Additionally, the agency said Fernandez withheld evidence and asked other parties involved in the case to do so.

However, in November, a Delhi court granted bail to Fernandez. The court said that although it is alleged that she received gifts from Sukesh from the proceeds of crime, it will be determined during the trial "whether there was knowledge, intent or connection with the accused by accepting these gifts and proceeds of crime in this case. case". Judgment".

Fatehi, who also received gifts from Sukesh, called several times for questioning, but was not named as an accused. Her statement has been included in the prosecution complaint.