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Mumbai: Assets worth Rs 7.27 crore of Bolly-wood actor Jacqueline Fernandez have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in connection with a criminal probe against alleged conman Sukesh Chandra-shekhar and others, the Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday. The federal agency has issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for attaching fixed deposits worth Rs 7.12 crore and Rs 15 lakh cash of the 36-year-old actor as it called these funds as "proceeds of crime". "Sukesh Chandrashekhar had given various gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to Jacqueline Fernandez from the proceeds of crime generated by criminal activities including extortion." "Chandrashekhar had put Pinky Irani, his long time associate and co-accused in this case to deliver the said gifts to her," the ED said in a statement. In addition to these gifts, it said, Chandrashekhar also gave "funds to the tune of USD 1,72,913 (about Rs 1.3 crore as per current exchange rate) and AUD 26740 (approx. Rs 14 lakh) to the close family members of Fernandez out of the proceeds of crime through co-accused Avtar Singh Kochhar, an established and well known international hawala operator." The agency said its probe found that Chandrashekhar had "delivered cash to the tune of Rs 15 lakh to a script writer on behalf of Fernandez as advance for writing a script of her webseries project." "This cash amount has also been attached," it said. Investigation with regards to tracing the remaining proceeds of crime is in progress, the ED added. Fernandez is a Sri Lankan national and she has been questioned in this case by the Enforcement Directorate a number of times. She was also stopped by the ED from flying abroad and was directed to join the probe, after ...