Panama Papers: Records show Amitabh joined board meetings via phone

On April 4, as part of its ongoing investigation into The Panama Papers, it was reported that records of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca showed that actor Amitabh Bachchan served as director of four offshore shipping companies between 1993 and 1997.

 

A day after the report appeared, Bachchan — he did not respond to emails and phone calls from The Indian Express — issued a statement that he did not know any of the companies, had not been a director of any of them and that “it is possible that (his) name has been misused”.

 

New records obtained and investigated by The Indian Express contradict Bachchan’s version.

 

These meetings of Tramp Shipping Limited (Bahamas) and Sea Bulk Shipping Company Ltd (British Virgin Islands), were held on December 12, 1994. The venue of these meetings: “38/39, The Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE4 8SD.” Bachchan’s name was also recorded in the list of directors and office bearers on the Certificate of Incumbency issued by both companies.