The Panama Papers leak about offshore dealings of world leaders, celebrities and business personalities worldwide made headlines yesterday, as the global revelation has sparked off a debate with Indians like Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Gautam Adani's brother and deceased drug lord Iqbal Mirchi being included in the list. Now more names have surfaced in the controversy, as offshore entities of jewellers, former cricketers and businessmen have been mentioned. Here are new Indian names from the Panama Papers leak: Ashwani Kumar Mehra Offshore entities: 7 Ashwani Kumar Mehra is the owner of Mehrasons Jewellers jewellery empire and his corporate profile mentions sons Deepak and Navin Mehra as partners. The family has registered seven offshore firms in the Bahamas and British Virgin Islands in close to two decades. In response to offshore dealings, Deepak Mehra told The Indian Express that, “Yes, me and my family members are/were shareholders of the two offshore companies named Stonebay International Limited and Maxhill Holdings Ltd. These two companies were incorporated sometime in 2010 under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)." "We have remitted all funds into these companies from India through normal banking channels as permitted by law under the LRS. These two companies have been duly declared to tax authorities and shown in the Income Tax returns of all members. We have, however, no shareholding or hold any other position in any other companies mentioned by you.”

Vivek Jain
Offshore holdings: 2

A B.Com graduate from Madhya Pradesh, Jain runs an agricultural equipment store and is shown as a director in Sacvinam Global and a shareholder in Radiant World Holdings, which were registered in British Virgin Islands and Hongkong respectively. Another director in Sancvinam, Nahar Pinkesh is the brother of the husband of Jain's cousin.

Jain said, “I have no idea about the existence of these companies. If a company is registered in my name and my address is given, I should have known. Pinkesh Nahar is the brother of my cousin’s husband Sachin Nahar. Pinkesh is a principal player in the two offshore entities. I was one of the many suppliers of mill scale (the flaky surface of hot rolled steel) and iron ore material that was collected at a plot owned by the brothers at Kandla Port in Gujarat."