An Enforcement Director interrogated Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan about the accusations of forex violation linked to the Panama Papers, an Indian news agency reported.
According to the report, she recorded the statements regarding the allegations of her depositing money in the name of a Virgin Islands-based offshore company named Amic Partners.
It was mentioned that she was the director of the organization, that was registered by a law firm, Mossack Fonseca, back in 2004. It is to be mentioned that the company’s paid-up capital was $50,000. She allegedly stepped down from the position after the company got acquired by a Dubai-based company BKR Adonis.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the wife of Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan along with daughter-in-law of prolific actors Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, was summoned twice in the past but sought more time.
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The investigation against the Bachchan family started back in 2017. The celebrities were served notices in which they were asked to explain the details of foreign remittance since 2004.
A source mentioned that she has submitted the documents regarding the foreign transaction she received in the last 15 years.
April 3, 2016, marked the beginning of the “Panama Papers” scandal — a leak of 11.5 million files from Mossack Fonseca’s digital archive that revealed how wealthy and influential figures across the world had created offshore businesses to safeguard assets.
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