Govt announces probe into Pandora Papers case

October 04, 2021 19:11

The government on Monday announced that a multi-agency group headed by the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes will investigate the Pandora Papers case.

The multi-agency group will have representatives from the CBDT, Enforcement Directorate, Reserve Bank of India and the Financial Intelligence Unit, the official spokesperson of CBDT, said.

The 'Pandora Papers', leak of troves of financial records in offshore tax havens, has been obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

More than 300 Indian names are part of the list.

Anil Ambani, Vinod Adani, Jackie Shroff, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Niira Radia, Sachin Tendulkar and Satish Sharma, among others, figure in the list of Indians in the 'Pandora Papers' revealed so far.

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