Bengaluru: The Pandora Papers now named son of the former top cop of Bengaluru City Jyothi Prakash Mirji’s son in the controversial Papers. According to the Indian Express report titled “Pandora Papers: Son of former Bengaluru police chief opened firm in Seychelles “the newspaper reported that “Three months before Jyothi Prakash Mirji was appointed Commissioner of Police in Bengaluru on May 2, 2011, his son Chiranthan Mirji set up an offshore entity in Seychelles. At that point of time, the Reserve Bank of India did not allow resident Indians to set up companies abroad or invest money sent abroad under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) to buy shares,” newspaper reported.
As per the paper, Chiranthan Mirji stated that this company was set up in 2011 just around the time I completed my graduation. The idea was to import furniture from China and sell here. But the company did not do any business. No bank accounts were opened or any amount deposited in this entity.
He is presently running a company in Bengaluru City. Mirji is considered as the influential top cop till his retirement. After retirement, he was close to a section of BJP leaders.
