The Bachchan family’s daughter-in-law and actress Aishwarya Rai will appear before the ED today at Delhi’s Loknayak Bhawan in the much-discussed Panama Papers leak case. The investigation of the Panama Papers case has been going on for a long time, in this case, Abhishek Bachchan has also been questioned. According to sources, ED officials have prepared a list of questions to ask Aishwarya.
Although Aishwarya Rai has earlier also termed these documents as a complete bundle of lies. These documents include the names of 500 Indians, including film stars and industrialists.
Many celebrities with 500 Indians included
Many Indian celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were named in this paper leak. All the people were accused of tax fraud. After the name surfaced in this case, Amitabh 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.
what was the matter
A 40-year-old data of Mossack Fonseca, a law firm in Panama, a tax haven, was leaked on April 3, 2016. It revealed how wealthy and influential people around the world are investing money in off-shore companies to save on taxes. In this way, tax evasion and money laundering were taking place on a large scale.
These documents include the names of 500 Indians, including film stars and industrialists. The name of the Bachchan family also appeared in this. It was claimed that Aishwarya Rai was a director and shareholder of a company outside the country. Apart from Aishwarya, her father K. Rai, mother Vrinda Rai, and brother Aditya Rai were also his partners in the company.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Rajya Sabha that a total of Rs 20,078 crore undeclared assets have been unearthed in relation to people belonging to India in the Panama Papers leak case.