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, Bachchan denied his links in
Panama Papers. In a press release, 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.
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