New Delhi: Central government of Narendra Modi had revealed the names in connection with Black Money case.
Government had followed the statement of Supreme Court that government can file affidavit revealing names of black money account holders.
Centre government on Monday, Oct 27 names of three business tycoons.
The three names are — Pradip Burman, Director of Dabur Group; Pankaj Chimanlal Lodhia, Rajkot based bullion trader and Ms Radha S Timblo, a Goa based miner.
Apart from this, five of Timblo’s directors Chetan Timblo, Rohan Timblo, Anna Timblo and Mallika Timblo were also figured in the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by the government.
The affidavit stated that Burman’s name was provided by the French authorities and the rest of the names were furnished by other countries.
BJP leader Sambit Patra had claimed the decision of government of revealing names in apex court as historic and said, “Today is a historic day in the black money case, the process of disclosure of names has started.”
Burman Group however, denied the charges of black money and released an official statement. “We followed all laws and complete details regarding bank account have been voluntarily filed with the IT Department and appropriate taxes paid… Account was opened when Pradip Burman was NRI and he was legally allowed to open this account in foreign banks,” stated the statement.
Bureau Report
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