Pandora papers leak: Actor Jackie Shroff linked to New Zealand trust, Swiss bank account

Records in the Pandora Papers reveal, Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff is linked to a trust set up in New Zealand, a Swiss bank account and an offshore company registered in the British Virgin Islands.

An investigative report by The Indian Express shows, Jackie Shroff is reportedly the 'prime beneficiary' of a trust that was set up by wife, Ayesha Shroff's mother, Claudia Dutt in New Zealand.

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Records show he also made “substantial contributions” to this trust, which had a Swiss bank account and owned an offshore company registered in the British Virgin Islands.

The trust was set up in November 2005 by Claudia Dutt, mother of Jackie Shroff’s wife Ayesha, but it was terminated in September 2013. According to the leaked docments, Jackie Shroff’s son Jai i.e Tiger Shroff and daughter Krishna Shroff were the other beneficiaries.

The Indian Express quoted Ayesha Shroff where she said, her family and she have no knowledge of any such Trust. She added, that her mother, who passed away over ten years ago, was a Belgian citizen and not a resident of India.

Millions of leaked documents dubbed as the 'Pandora Papers' by a worldwide journalistic partnership, claimed to have uncovered financial secrets of current and former world leaders, politicians and public officials in 91 countries and territories, including India.