Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
left
the
Enforcement
Directorate's
Delhi
offices
on
Monday
night
after
being
questioned
for
over
five
hours.
The
actress
was
summoned
to
record
her
statement
in
connection
with
alleged
forex
violations
related
to
the
Panama
Papers.
It
must
be
noted
that
Aishwarya
had
earlier
skipped
two
summons
and
sought
time
from
the
agency.
At
the
moment,
it
isn’t
very
clear
if
she
has
been
summoned
for
more
questioning
at
a
later
date.
According
to
sources,
the
ED
probed
the
actress
over
claims
that
she
parked
her
money
in
a
company
based
in
the
British
Virgin
Islands.
The
probe
agency
first
started
investigating
the
allegations
in
2017
and
had
issued
notices
to
the
Bachchan
family
asking
them
to
explain
foreign
remittances
since
2004
under
the
Liberalised
Remittance
Scheme
(LRS)
of
the
Reserve
Bank
of
India.
Sources
close
to
the
development
have
also
revealed
that
Aishwarya
had
submitted
foreign
payments
records
received
over
the
past
15
years.
The
Devdas
star
had
been
named
Director
of
an
offshore
company
named
Amic
Partners
that
was
registered
by
the
Panama-based
law
firm
Mossack
Fonseca.
The
company
had
a
paid-up
capital
of
$50,000
and
the
actor
allegedly
exited
the
company
in
2009.
It
was
acquired
by
Dubai-based
BKR
Adonis.
The
Panama
Papers
case
first
made
headlines
in
2016
after
millions
of
documents
were
stolen
from
Mossack
Fonseca
and
leaked
to
the
media.
The
sprawling
investigation
revealed
that
offshore
firms
were
used
to
stash
the
wealth
of
the
world's
richest
and
powerful
individuals
by
setting
up
offshore
accounts,
or
shell
companies,
to
avoid
taxes
The
leaked
financial
records
of
politicians,
industrialists
and
celebrities
from
all
over
the
world
were
also
reviewed
and
published
by
the
International
Consortium
of
Investigative
Journalists.
Amitabh
Bachchan's
name
had
also
cropped
in
along
with
over
300
Indians
who
were
said
to
be
part
of
the
Panama
Papers.