Bollywood
superstar
Amitabh
Bachchan
has
been
accused
of
being
involved
in
a
Rs.500
Crore
money
laundering
scam
along
with
his
friend
and
and
Samajwadi
Party
general
secretary
Amar
Singh.
The
complaint
has
been
filed
with
the
Kanpur
police
by
a
local
businessman
Shivkant
Tripathi.
The
list
of
accused
also
includes
the
name
of
Amar
Singh's
wife
Pankaja
Singh
who
is
shown
as
a
partner
in
most
of
the
companies.
In
the
FIR
filed,
Tripathi
accused
Amar
Singh
of
floating
half
a
dozen
companies
in
which
43
companies
were
amalgamated
allegedly
with
the
intent
of
converting
tonnes
of
black
money.
Uttar
Pradesh"s
additional
director
general
informed
this
to
the
media.
Amitabh
being
a
direct
stake
holder
in
most
of
these
companies
falls
under
suspicion.
The
companies
most
of
which
are
registered
in
Kolkata
include
Eastern
India
Chemicals
Pvt
Ltd,
Sarvottam
Pvt
Ltd,
Pankaja
Art
and
Credit
Pvt
Ltd,
EDCL
Infrastructure
Pvt
Ltd,
EDCL
Powers
Ltd
and
Energy
Development
Company.
The
police
have
registered
cases
under
the
Money
Laundering
Act
as
well
as
Prevention
of
Corruption
Act.