It is known that, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered an enquiry into “Panama papers” issue, in which, the names of the biggies in the country have exposed. Now the second list of the issue, featuring few other biggies is out.

The second list includes several industrialists and businessmen like, the owner of Mehrasons Jewellers Ashwani Kumar Mehra and his family members, industrialists Gautam and Karan Thapar etc.

Along with the above, several businessmen like Satish Govind Samtani, Vishlav Bahadur, Harish Mohnani and a retired MP government official Prabhash Sankhla, Chairman of Pune-based Sava healthcare Vinod Ramchandra Jadhav  have also been named for having incorporated offshore entities.

Among the cricketers, former Indian player Ashok Malhotra, Ranjeev Dahuja and Kapil Sain Goel of Bealls International Corporation and agriculture equipments seller Vivek Jain were also the part of the second list of Panama papers issue.

Not just India, on the other side, even US is reviewing the leaked ‘Panama papers’, which exposed 500 biggies from India, who are performing offshore financial dealings.

“We are aware of the reports and are reviewing them. While we cannot comment on the specifics of these alleged documents, the US Department of Justice takes very seriously all credible allegations of high level, foreign corruption that might have a link to the United States or the US financial system,” US Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said.

One thing that is making Panama papers issue bigger is, the inclusion of 12 current and former world leaders names. Especially, it reveals how associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin secretly shuffled as much as $2 billion through banks and shadow companies.

By Phani Ch