New Delhi: Actor Bollywood Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was questioned by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday at his headquarters in Central Delhi in a case related to the case of ‘Panama Papers’ 2016.
He faced charges of money laundering for his involvement in an offshore entity / trust.
The source said Aishwarya Rai was one of the Directors of the entity / beliefs that was being examined because of alleged tax money laundering avoided income.
His mother and other family members also tended to be questioned in the same case for their involvement with entities.
Her husband Abhishek Bachchan and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan had faced investigations in separate cases examined by Ed under Foreign Exchange Management Law (FEMA) and the prevention of money laundering Law (PMLA).
Bachchans, including Aishwarya Rai, has been questioned for their involvement in separate entities registered in Havens tax in early 2004-05.
Many of these entities, are generally made for tax evasion and hold countless assets, has been closed since Panama paper and Paradise Papers leak in 2016.
So far, the multi-agency probe has revealed countless income from more than RS 20,000 Crore washed by at least 970 entities / individuals in two cases of paper leaks, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Many of these cases have been ordered under the laws of black and PMLA.
RS 154 CRORE tax has been collected from several entities / individuals in several cases.
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According to the Ministry, in 52 cases of Panama Papers and Paradise Papers leaked, complaints of criminal prosecution had been submitted under the black Law (foreign income and foreign assets.
Furthermore, in 130 cases the process under the Black Money Act has begun.
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Furthermore, in Pandora newspaper recently leaked, the government has formed a multi-agent group (MAG) to investigate these cases.
It has members from the ED, RBI Income Tax Department and Indian financial intelligence unit.
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