more-inMore than 700 Indians, including those of politicians, corporate chiefs and celebrities, on Monday figured in the leaked Paradise Papers, detailing business dealings of “the world’s most powerful people and companies” in offshore tax havens. The names started tumbling out as part of the latest global expose by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), even as several of those named denied any wrongdoing. The ICIJ said the ‘Paradise Papers’ reveal the offshore activities of some of the world’s most powerful people and companies and the files were obtained by the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. The Indian names also included those associated with the Sun TV-Aircel-Maxis case, Essar-Loop 2G case, SNC-Lavalin in which Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was named and then cleared and a case against Y.S. Actor’s blogMr. Bachchan wrote a long blog on Sunday, hours before the ‘Paradise Papers’ were published, explaining that he has always cooperated with the “system”, though he did not directly refer to the latest leaks of names.

Source: The Hindu November 06, 2017 19:18 UTC