Bofors, Panama and more; Amitabh Bachchan opens up on all in his latest blog

Like every other celebrity megastar Amitabh Bachchan too has had his share of controversies. Unfortunately, the controversies he got mired in gave him the title of a traitor. We remember the Bofors scandal that maligned Amitabh Bachchan’s reputation to the core. It was only when he moved to the UK court to seek justice that his sufferings came to an end. Then recently his name was involved in Panama papers controversy.

In his recently, Amitabh Bachchan has opened up on his misery. He has touched upon both the controversies and has expressed his feelings. (Also Read: When Amitabh Bachchan continued shooting, even after getting injured)

Excerpt from his blog reads…

There were allegations against my family and me in the Bofors Scandal .. for years we were grilled, declared traitors, abused and humiliated by the hour for several years .. when it became unbearable, we moved Court in the United Kingdom – for the requirement of speedy Justice .. we moved against a UK paper and won ..

BUT surprisingly those that accused us for years, never did come to the Courts of Justice to verify or justify their allegation .. moving Court was an open invitation to them that sought our necks, to come to an invited open forum and claim their allegation .. !!  None came .. !

Almost 25 years later .. one of the chief prosecutors of the Country that was involved in the matter, stated through a public platform that our names were asked to be planted in the scandal !! Planted ..???!!!!

When the media carried the news here in India, the press during one of its interactions with me asked me what I was going to do about it .. whether I would seek information on who did it, or seek retribution .. !!!

WHAT RETRIBUTION AND INFORMATION WILL I SEEK ..? WILL IT TAKE AWAY THE YEARS OF SUFFERING AND MENTAL TORTURE THAT WE WENT THROUGH .. !!?? WILL IT CURE .. WILL IT REST .. ??

NO IT WILL NOT .. so I told them, the media, I do not wish to make any comment on it .. the matter is over for me .. !

In recent months I find my name appear again in the leaks of Panama, as produced by the Indian Express .. the paper has asked for reactions, for responses, for justification or not, for replies to their investigative queries ..

Two instant replies were given out by us .. of denial and misuse of name .. they were printed .. but the questions continued ..

Immediately after this, the System took over and since its revelation in the Express, has Summoned me .. at least 6 Summons have been served to us and continue to come ..  EACH one of them have been diligently, dutifully and duly replied to .. personal appearances have been ordered, and we have made them at the varied different Agency Offices, both in Mumbai and in Delhi, both from Tax and Enforcement Departments and of their respective Intelligence Wings .. they seek more information each time and we provide them .. for some we seek time because the queries asked, refer to matters that are more than almost 25 years old .. it takes a while to dig out old files and to compile all that they want .. the fullest cooperation has been extended at all hours as dutiful citizens .. and even after, if there is any more query that needs to be addressed, we shall comply…

He has tweeted his blog too.

T 2702 – This is my Blog I wrote this morning : https://t.co/F6ibq4cJyU pic.twitter.com/VQ8iJMcrSZ

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 5, 2017

Nikita Thakkar

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