From Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya: 714 Indians named in Paradise Papers

India ranks 19th out of the 180 countries covered under the leaked data in terms of the number of names involved

A fresh, vast leak of financial records, dubbed the Paradise Papers, has shined the light on how global corporate giants and hedge funds allegedly skirted taxes and the apparently hidden wealth of prominent Indians. This cache of 13.4 million documents follows over a year after the release of the Panama papers and includes names of Indians such as Amitabh Bachchan, MoS Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, and Vijay Mallya, among others, reported Indian Express. The paper has not suggested any illegality associated with the leaked names. 

India ranks 19th out of the 180 countries covered under the leaked data in terms