QWrap: Paradise Papers Leaked; Hemraj’s Family Talks to The Quint

Here’s a wrap of everything that made the news, put together in a 3-minute video for you.

Paradise Papers were leaked on Sunday night.

(Photo: The Quint)

1. Paradise Papers: Amitabh, Jayant Sinha, Mallya Among Those Named

With 19 tax havens under their belt, Bermuda’s Appleby and Singapore’s Asiaciti have facilitated the “global rich and powerful”, including Indians, siphoning their money abroad, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists-led investigation of Paradise Papers revealed.

The data leak reportedly involves 714 Indian names, sourced through these two companies, taking India to the 19th position among 180 countries, reported the Indian Express.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, tainted liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Civil Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha, are some of the names that appear in the records, revealed the Indian Express investigation.

2. At 100, India’s First Voter Says Himachal Polls May Be His Last

In a small room made of wood in Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, 100-year-old Shyam Saran Negi’s eyes light up when he speaks to The Quint. He holds the prestigious title of being the first voter of independent India and of thereby inaugurating democracy in the country.

With an unbreakable spirit and a laugh as uninhibited as a child’s, he remembers the first time he voted, unaware at that time that he would be bestowed with any title.

Watch the video here.

3. If Women Behaved Like Men at an Arranged Marriage Meeting...

Imagine this! Girl meets boy and asks all the stupid, regressive questions (usually) asked to a woman in an arranged marriage. Ah, what fun that would be!

Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda did exactly that and left us in splits. Watch the video to find out more.

4. Exclusive: Hemraj’s Family Thinks the Talwars are the Murderers

Hemraj Banjade’s son-in-law, Jeevan Sharma, spoke exclusively to The Quint on the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. The victim’s family, unhappy with the HC's acquittal of the Talwar couple in the murder case, want to pursue the case in the Supreme Court – but they can only do so if someone comes forward to take their case pro-bono, they said.

We were initially happy that CBI had punished the murderers of Aarushi and Hemraj and that they would be punished for it their whole lives, giving respite to the souls of Aarushi and Hemraj. But again, the court is saying that the doctor is not the murderer and they have been released from jail. Since then, the family has been in a state of shock and mourning. We are poor people who don’t have anyone to turn to, we are not rich. We don’t have a lawyer or the resources to engage a lawyer.

Jeevan Sharma, Hemraj’s son-in-law

5. Texas Church Attack: 26 Killed in State’s ‘Deadliest Shooting’

A man opened fire inside of a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing at least 26 people and wounding others before being “taken down,” authorities said.

After the shooting, the gunman was fired on by a local resident with a rifle. The suspect dropped his assault weapon, and fled in his vehicle. Soon afterward, the suspect crashed his vehicle near the border of neighboring Guadalupe County and was found dead inside with a cache of weapons.

It was not immediately clear if the suspect killed himself or was hit when the resident fired at him outside the church, authorities said.