TV actor Chahatt Khanna claims conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar proposed at Tihar Jail

Khanna said that inside the room she saw items like several laptops, watches and other luxury goods. She met with a man wearing a gold chain and a fancy shirt. He introduced himself as the nephew of J Jayalalithaa and the owner of a popular South Indian TV Channel.

“Before I knew it, he went down on one knee and said he wanted to marry me. I shouted at him, saying, ‘I am married and I have two kids.’ But he said my husband was not the right man for me and that he would be a father to my kids. I got so anxious that I started crying,” she claimed. It was only after the Directorate of Enforcement summoned her in the extortion case that she realised that the man she met was no one other than Chandrashekhar.

In the jail, Khanna was given Rs 2 lakh as ‘shagun’ before leaving. Soon, she began receiving calls from Chandraskhear’s team. The team was trying to blackmail Khanna for Rs 10 lakh, threatening to leak the Tihar visit video to TV channels. “I didn’t want anyone to know that I was in Tihar jail. I was also worried about it affecting my marriage, so I agreed to give them the money. Among other things, it did take a toll on my marriage, and my husband and I separated. Maybe I should have approached the police and lodged a complaint. But things kept happening one after the other and I just wanted to get out of it,” she said.