Sukesh Chandrashekhar was born in a lower middle-class family in Karnataka’s Bengaluru.
From the age of 17, Sukesh started cheating people by posing as senior government officers over the phone. In 2007, when he had not even turned 18, he posed as a very high-ranking bureaucrat and duped over 100 people on the pretext of getting their work done by the Bangalore Development Authority. But, he was soon exposed. In 2007, he was arrested for the first time by Banglore’s Bannerghatta Police Station.
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Sukesh came in contact with Leena who played a role in Movie Madras cafe,after Live in romance & marriage,Leena also became his partner in crime and started helping Sukesh with conning http://people. In 2015, Sukesh moved to Mumbai with Leena and floated a Ponzi scheme. Over 450 investors deposited their money in his company only to be looted. CBI filed a case & Sukesh- Leena were named as accused for cheating the investors to the tune of Rs 19.5 Crore. In 2017, the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch arrested Sukesh on the complaint of politician TTV Dhinakaran, who was also cheated by Sukesh, Dhinakaran wanted to acquire the legacy of Jayalalithaa and retain the “two leaves’ election symbol. Sukesh got to know about Dhinakaran’s desperation and made a deal of Rs 50 crore.Sukesh told him that he knew the officials of the Election Commission of India and would pay a bribe to get the symbol in their favour. Later, Dhinakaran learnt about Sukesh and filed a complaint, after which he was arrested.He was lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. While in custody, he formed a fresh racket with jail officials, his wife and other high-profile prisoners. He arranged a mobile phone and started calling the wife of a businessman through 4 applications. Her husband was also in http://jail. In 2020-2021, within one year, he extorted Rs 200 crore from her by posing as a senior officer of the Law Ministry and also from the Home Ministry.
On one occasion, he told the victim that, "Home Minister Amit Shah would be hearing the conversation and she should behave politely during the telephonic call.” Sukesh would always end up his conversation with "Jai Hind” to impress his victims.
