The
Enforcement
Directorate
on
Monday
(December
20)
summoned
actress
Aishwarya
Rai
to
record
her
statement
in
connection
with
its
probe
in
the
Panama
Papers.
Aishwarya
reportedly
reached
the
central
agency's
Delhi
Office.
She
had
earlier
skipped
two
summons
and
sought
time
from
the
agency.
For
the
unversed,
the
Panama
Papers
case
first
made
headlines
in
2016
when
investigations
spanning
millions
of
documents
were
stolen
and
leaked
to
the
media.
It
revealed
that
offshore
firms
are
used
to
stash
the
wealth
of
the
world's
rich
and
powerful.
Amitabh
Bachchan's
name
had
cropped
in
the
Panama
Papers
case
which
is
also
being
probed
by
the
Income
Tax
Department.
According
to
reports,
the
IT
department
had
issued
notices
to
the
members
of
the
Bachchan
family
asking
them
to
explain
their
foreign
remittances
since
2004
under
the
Liberalised
Remittance
Scheme
(LRS)
of
the
RBI.
Aishwarya
Rai
reportedly
had
submitted
records
on
the
foreign
payments
under
investigation
in
2017.
Sources
say
the
agency
wants
to
record
her
statement
now
in
Delhi,
over
allegations
of
stashing
wealth
abroad.
The
actor
was
first
issued
the
summons
on
November
9
under
Section
37
of
FEMA.
The
Panama
Papers
case
leaked
financial
records
of
not
only
celebs
from
India
but
global
politicians,
industrialists
and
celebrities.
The
papers
were
reviewed
and
published
by
the
International
Consortium
of
Investigative
Journalists.
Over
300
Indians
were
said
to
be
part
of
the
Panama
Papers.
Meanwhile,
on
the
work
front,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
was
last
seen
in
Fanney
Khan
in
2018.
She
will
be
returning
to
screen
with
Mani
Ratnam's
ambitious
historical
fiction
drama
Ponniyin
Selvan.
Rai
is
currently
busy
filming
with
Vikram,
Karthi,
Prakash
Raj,
Jayam
Ravi,
Trisha
Krishnan,
and
Mohan
Babu.