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Who is 'Madras Cafe' actress Leena Maria Paul, held in Rs 200 cr extortion case?

She is the wife of alleged 'conman' Sukesh Chandrashekhar, whose Chennai-based sea-facing bungalow, 16 high-end luxury cars were seized by the ED in August 2021.

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Updated:Sep 05, 2021, 08:01 PM IST

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She is a Malayalam actress

Leena Maria Paul is a Malayalam actress and has starred opposite South superstar Mohanlal in Red Chillies. She has also featured in the Hindi film Madras Cafe, however, she played a small role in the John Abraham-starrer.

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She had studied Dentistry in college

She had pursued a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in college. However, she did not end up taking the career path of a dentist. Rather, she switched lanes to modelling and then to acting.

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She is alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's wife

She is married to alleged 'conman' Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who is also involved in the Rs 200 crore extortion case along with Paul. This isn't the first time the duo got caught up in a scam, there have been multiple instances where they've been arrested for fraud, extortion.

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Sukesh and Leena have been involved in multiple controversies, scams

In 2013, the couple was arrested for allegedly cheating a bank located in Chennai of a whopping Rs 19 crore. As per a PTI report, her husband Sukesh better known by his alias Balaji had allegedly posed as an IAS officer and sought a Rs 19 crore loan for an unnamed project.

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Leena was almost shot by two masked shooters at her parlour in 2018

The actress owns a beauty parlour in Kochi, Kerala. Last year, it was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation after the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Hyderabad directed the agency to do so. Earlier, in 2018, two masked men had attempted to shoot Leena at her beauty parlour, however, there were no casualties in the shootout.

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