On Monday, Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appeared before the ED at their Delhi office in the second half of the day, regarding the Panama Papers leak case.
The agency needs to record the statement of the 48 year-old actress in the case over allegations of concealing wealth abroad under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. The actress had earlier submitted records on the foreign payments under investigation.
- The Bachchan family had been issued notices by the ED, asking them to explain their foreign remittances since 2004 under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) of the Reserve Bank of India.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's name featured in the list of 500 Indians who were named in the massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents exposing their secret offshore dealings.
"The Panama Papers" case is a sprawling investigation spanning millions of documents stolen and leaked to the media in 2016, which involves allegations that the world's rich and powerful set up offshore accounts or shell companies to avoid taxes.
- Over 300 Indians were said to be part of the Panama Papers. Many Indian celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were named in this paper leak.
All these people were accused of tax fraud. After the name surfaced in this case, Mr. Bachchan had said that he has sent money abroad only under Indian rules. He also denied having any affiliation with the companies that appeared in the Panama Papers.
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