Indian Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for questioning in a case linked to the 2016 "Panama Papers" global tax leaks case.
Aishwarya, 48, daughter-in-law of superstar Amitabh Bachchan, has been asked to testify before the agency in Delhi on allegations of stashing wealth abroad, Hindustan Times reported on Monday.
However, the actress has reportedly sought another date for questioning. Aishwarya was summoned twice in the case earlier in 2016 in the case which had over 1,100 Indians named in it.
The ED started investigating alleged forex violations in 2017.
It had issued notices to the Bachchan family asking them to explain their foreign remittances since 2004 under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) of the Reserve Bank of India.
"The Panama Papers" case is a sprawling investigation spanning millions of documents stolen and leaked to the media in 2016.
The case involves allegations that the world's rich and powerful set up offshore accounts or shell companies to avoid taxes. Leaked financial records of politicians, industrialists and celebrities worldwide were reviewed and published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
