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Panama Papers Case: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Ajay Devgn to be summoned by ED
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started giving fresh summons to celebrities involved in the Panama Papers Case.
The Mumbai team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started giving fresh summons to celebrities involved in Panama Papers Case. The next round of interrogation is scheduled for next month and the list of people to be interrogated includes three Bollywood celebrities. According to sources, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Ajay Devgn are amongst the names against whom summons would be issued shortly from the agency under Section 37 of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
"In a phase-wise manner, concerned individuals and entities are being summoned and statements have been recorded. In the next phase, another set of names would be summoned. It could include film stars as well, whose names and addresses were found to be part of the leaked data of 2,10,000 offshore companies incorporated by Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca," the source said.
The ED has not yet revealed the exact date on which the celebs will be summoned for interrogation at the Mumbai office. "We would insist that the actors themselves should come at ED office and face the investigation, rather than sending their representatives," the source continued.
However, Amitabh Bachchan denied his links in Panama Papers. In a press release, Amitabh Bachchan had stated, "I do not know any of the companies referred i.e. Sea Bulk Shipping Company Ltd, Lady Shipping Ltd, Treasure Shipping Ltd, and Tramp Shipping Ltd. I have never been a director of any of the above stated companies. It is possible that my name has been misused. I have paid all my taxes including on monies spent by me overseas. Monies that I have remitted overseas have been in compliance with the law, including remittances through LRS, after paying Indian taxes."
Dubbed as 'Panama Papers', an investigation of a stockpile of records from Panamanian legal firm Mossack Fonseca by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalist had named several world leaders and celebrities who had allegedly stashed away money abroad in offshore companies. The documents had surfaced last year.
