Amitabh denies links with ‘shipping firms’
mumbai — Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday denied links with any of the offshore shipping companies in which he is supposed to be a director according to the leaked “Panama Papers”.
“I do not know any of the companies referred to by Indian Express — Sea Bulk Shipping Company Ltd, Lady Shipping Ltd, Treasure Shipping Ltd and Tramp Shipping Ltd,” the actor said in a statement.
“I have never been a director of any of the above stated companies,” he said. “It is possible that my name has been misused.”
Amitabh added: “I have paid all my taxes, including on mony spent by me overseas. Mony that I have remitted overseas have been in compliance with law, including remittances through LRS, after paying Indian taxes. “In any event
I have never been a director of any of the companies mentioned
Amitabh Bachchan
the news report in Indian Express does not even suggest any illegality on my part.” The “Panama Papers” — based on an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and over 100 other news organisations around the world — is a global list revealing offshore links of over 500 Indians, including Amitabh and his star daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. In India, The
Indian Express released pages of the investigation reports, alleging among other names that Amitabh and Aishwarya were directors in companies in Panama. —