Aishwarya Rai was called for questioning earlier, but she had asked for more time twice. (file photo)
New Delhi:
Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was today questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on charges of foreign exchange violations related to the Panama Papers, news agency PTI said today.
Sources said the probe agency recorded the statement of the 48-year-old actor in Delhi on the allegation of amassing assets abroad.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai had been summoned earlier but she had sought more time twice.
The Enforcement Directorate had launched a probe into allegations of foreign exchange violations in 2017. It issued a notice to the Bachchan family asking them to explain their foreign remittances under the Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS) of the Reserve Bank of India since 2004.
Sources said Aishwarya Rai has already submitted the record of foreign payments received in the last 15 years.
According to Enforcement Directorate sources, an offshore company, Amic Partners, was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in 2004 with Aishwarya Rai as a director. The law firm Mossack Fonseca registered the company, with a paid-up capital of $50,000.
The actor reportedly left the company in 2009; It was acquired by Dubai-based BKR Adonis.
The “Panama Papers” case is a detailed investigation into the millions of documents stolen and leaked to the media in 2016. The case involves allegations that the world’s rich and powerful set up offshore accounts or shell companies to evade taxes. The leaked financial records of politicians, industrialists and celebrities around the world were reviewed and published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
More than 300 Indians were said to be involved in the Panama Papers.
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