A source said that Sukesh contacted the victim’s family and informed them about the initiation of a criminal investigation and promised help in return for money. First, Chandrashekhar allegedly claimed to have contacts at high places, which is his usual modus operandi, and then spoke to the victims as a top government official. He later allegedly claimed the expenses incurred by him and forced the victims to pay.
Conman used names of top CBI officials
His associates collected money on his behalf at an undisclosed location.
Chandrashekhar has been booked for extortion, cheating and impersonation and is being questioned about the conspiracy. An FIR was registered in this regard in the last week of July.
Sources said that there could be more than one victim and the police is questioning him in this regard. The phone he was using in the jail has been sent for forensic examination. He was recently transferred from Tihar Because of this Rohini Jail.
Chandrashekhar was earlier arrested for allegedly bribing Election Commission officials to take money from TTV Dinakaran to get the AIADMK’s two-leaf election symbol for the Sasikala faction. At that time, he was trying to negotiate a deal worth Rs 50 crore by claiming to be a liaison with the Election Commission.
While the amount involved was believed to be at least Rs 10 crore at that time, Crime Branch police seized Rs 1.3 crore in cash from his hotel room in Delhi during a raid in 2017. Earlier, he was arrested along with his girlfriend, “Madras Cafe” actress Leena Maria Paul who is accused of cheating businessmen by claiming to be a film producer. Police had raided a farmhouse in south Delhi and seized several luxury cars.
The thug was also accused of misusing the names of top CBI officials to extort money from former TDP MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao. He had posed as a senior CBI official and a senior Home Ministry official and had demanded Rs 100 crore from the former MP to get him out of the CBI case. Sambasiva Rao is accused of committing the biggest bank fraud in the country to the tune of Rs 7,926 crore through his Transstroy (India) Ltd.
Chandrasekhar was also accused of providing unfair advantage to the police escort teams that took him to Bengaluru, Coimbatore and Mumbai for their investigation.
Chandrashekhar, who is in his thirties, is no newbie in the world of crime. His forays into crime began at the age of 17 in Bengaluru. Fond of a lavish lifestyle, he duped several crore people in Bengaluru and Chennai at a young age.
Hailing from Bangalore, he used to project himself as a relative of politicians and duped the innocent by promising them government jobs or property. He used to buy expensive cars with money. His collection of cars included a Rolls-Royce.
At least two dozen cases are pending against him across the country.
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