Panama Papers Leak Case: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Summoned By Enforcement Directorate

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Summoned: In the latest actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Panama papers leak case. This is reportedly the third time the ED has asked her to appear. She had sought adjournment on the previous two occasions. There has been no information on what charges she is facing.

The popular actor and former Miss World Rai is among the 500 Indians whose names feature in the list. The allegations involve a massive leak of 11.5 million dollar tax documents exposing secret offshore entities. A Special Investigation Team is looking into the case. The officers consisting of the team come from various government agencies as per ANI reports. The ED has been probing the case since 2016.

The Panama Papers refers to a series of leaked documents that detail alleged fraud and tax evasion by many high profile individuals and global corporate entities. These were obtained originally by the German publication Suddeutsche Zeitung.

At least 12,000 of these fresh documents are linked to Indians. These papers came to light the first time in 2016 and 500 Indians were named. The Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam actor's name along with her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan.

Besides the Bachchans, other Indians to be named in Panama Papers leak were PVR cinemas owner Ajay Bijli; Hike Messenger CEO and Sunil Bharti Mittal’s son Kavin Bharti Mittal; Asian Paints promoter Ashwin Dani’s son Jalaj Ashwin Dani; Shiv Khemka, SUN group patriarch Nand Lal Khemka’s son; Dr Jehangir Sorabjee, late ex-attorney general Soli Sorabjee’s son; DLF group’s KP Singh and his immediate family; Anurag Kejriwal and Mehrasons Jewellers’ Navin Mehra.

The reports also indicate that around 426 Indians are under the scrutiny of the multi-agency group (MAG). The agency is set up by the central government. Also lack of money of over Rs 1,000 crore has been reportedly detected by the MAG from the leads from the 2016 leak.

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