'I'm a law-abiding citizen, cooperating with I-T department'

April 09, 2016 11:41

Amitabh Bachchan said he is a law-abiding citizen of the country and has been cooperating with the Income Tax Department following the article carried by DNA on April 8 talking of brush with the Income Tax Department right from 2009 and how his loans were paid off using offshore entities ('Amar Singh lobbied with former PM Chandrashekhar to bail out Bachchan').

He also denied being part of any company in tax-haven Panama."I am happy that the government of India has instituted a thorough investigation on this issue, for, I myself am keen to know how my name appears in connection with those four companies," the 73-year-old actor added.

The Congress had on Thursday demanded that Bachchan be removed as Maharashtra's ambassador for the 'Save Tiger' project and as advisor for the development of BKC's International Financial Centre after his name surfaced in the Panama Papers.

Read his full statement HERE.

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