Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Panama papers, sources said on Monday. The probe agency wants to question the 48-year-old actor in Delhi over allegations of stashing wealth abroad, the sources said. She has reportedly asked for more time, reports NDTV. Read: Miss Universe is India's Harnaaz Sandhu, 70th winner Aishwarya Rai, the daughter-in-law of megastar Amitabh Bachchan, had sought more time twice before when summoned for questioning. The Enforcement Directorate started investigating alleged forex violations in 2017. It had issued notices to the Bachchan family asking them to explain their foreign remittances since 2004 under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) of the Reserve Bank of India. Aishwarya Rai had submitted records on the foreign payments under investigation. Sources say the agency wants to record her statement now. Read:It's official. Katrina Kaif & Vicky Kaushal are now husband and wife "The Panama Papers" case is a sprawling investigation spanning millions of documents stolen and leaked to the media in 2016. The case involves allegations that the world's rich and powerful set up offshore accounts or shell companies to avoid taxes. Leaked financial records of politicians, industrialists and celebrities worldwide were reviewed and published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Over 300 Indians were said to be part of the Panama Papers.

The High Court has sought to know of the steps taken against the people and institutions whose names came up as money launderers in the Panama and Paradise Papers. HC ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) to submit separate reports by January 9 to the court. The HC also asked the CID and BFIU to explain in their reports what action they have taken to prevent money laundering and why they failed to provide information about money launderers to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). READ: HC orders Tk 5 lakh compensation for Ramgati student Tamim’s treatment HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq passed the orders on Monday. Following a writ petition filed by advocate Abdul Qaium Khan and advocate Subir Nandi Das on February 1, a rule was issued on February 27 asking why the money laundered abroad by individuals and organizations should not be ordered to be recovered and why the failure and inaction of the respondents in bringing back the laundered money would not be deemed illegal. READ: HC orderss 24/7 surveillance on activities of Rajarbagh Pir, syndicate