A Delhi court has asked sought the Enforcement Directorate to respond on a fresh plea which is moved by the Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, who is an accused in a money laundering case, for seeking permission to travel abroad.
The Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Malik has directed ED for filing its response by January 25 on the application by Fernandez to travel to Dubai in the last week of the month for a professional work.
On December 22, the actor withdrew her plea from the court for permission to go abroad for meeting her family members, after the judge suggested that let the question of charge first be decide
On Monday, the actor Fernandez appeared before the court in connection with the Rs 200 crore extortion case which also involves the alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
Fernandez is not named as an accused in the extortion case being probed by the Delhi Police.
A regular bail was granted to Fernandez in the money laundering case on November 15, 2022.
On August 31, the judge had taken cognizance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the ED and had asked Fernandez to appear before the court.
Fernandez has been summoned by the ED several times in connection with the investigation.
In the earlier charge sheet and also in the supplementary charge sheet she was not mentioned as an accused.
The documents, do mention the details of the statements actor Nora Fatehi and Fernandez.