Mumbai, Apr 5 (IT) : Two days after the sensational Panama Papers named Amitabh Bachchan among 500 Indians in its list of people with hidden assets, the superstar today denied he knew any of the companies named by the Panama-based law firm. Amitabh claimed that his name may have been misused.
An investigation by the Indian Express had claimed that Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were also named in the massive leak of documents from the secret files of Mossack Fonseca, a law firm based in Panama.
"I do not know any of the companies referred to by the Indian Express - Sea Bulk Shipping Company Ltd, Lady Shipping Ltd, Treasure Shipping Ltd, and Tramp Shipping Ltd. I have never been a director of any of the above stated companies. It is possible that my name has been misused," Amitabh said in a statement.
"I have paid all my taxes including on monies spent by me overseas. Monies that I have remitted overseas have been in compliance with law, including remittances through LRS, after paying Indian taxes. In any event the news report in Indian Express does not even suggest any illegality on my part," the statement added.
As many as 500 Indians have been named in a massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents exposing their secret offshore dealings.
Other noted Indians named in the leak are real estate giant DLF's owner KP Singh and nine members of his family, and the promoters of Apollo Tyres and Indiabulls. Adani Group's Gautam Adani's elder brother Vinod Adani also feature on the list.