Panama Papers tax leaks case: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan quizzed by ED

New Delhi, Dec 20: Enforcement Directorate on Monday quizzed Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for questioning in Panama Papers leak case.

The 48-year-old daughter-in-law of superstar Amitabh Bachchan was questioned over allegations of stashing wealth abroad were made.

The ED is seeking more information from her in the Panama Papers case.

The ED has been probing the case since 2016 when the global leaks came to light. It later issued notices to the Bachchan family asking them to explain their foreign remittances since 2004 under the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS).

Some other instances of alleged irregularities linked to the family are also under the scanner of the federal probe agency, the officials said.

The reported secret list, called Panama Papers, contains names of about 500 prominent Indians including megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya besides politicians and businessmen.

The Panama Papers are a leaked set of 11.5 million confidential documents that provide detailed information about more than 214,000 offshore companies listed by the Panamanian corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca, including the identities of shareholders and directors of the companies.