India, May 12 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday opposed actress Jacqueline Fernandez's plea to become an approver in the Rs.200-crore money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, arguing she actively benefited from crime proceeds and now seeks to evade prosecution.

ED told special judge Prashant Sharma at Patiala House courts that Fernandez was no "unwitting victim" as she claimed. It said she stayed in constant touch with Chandrasekhar despite knowing his criminal background and received gifts he arranged from laundered funds.

"This consistent interaction through numerous ways of communication and receipt of benefits negate any claim of an unwitting victim and instead highlights her conscious association with ...