New Delhi: Preneet Kaur, former minister of state during the UPA regime and wife of former Punjab chief minister and Congress’s deputy leader in Lok Sabha Amarinder Singh had been figures among 627 names submitted to the Supreme Court holding accounts in foreign banks in Black Money case.
A news report quotes her replying, “I can confirm receiving such (income tax) notice in 2011, and having replied to it, wherein I have strongly denied any such allegations. In keeping with my reply to the I-T department, I would like to state that I never have had, and do not have any bank account(s) overseas in my name with any foreign bank.”
Media reports conclude that Kaur may not possess an account in HSBC’s parent branch in Switzerland at present but her name is mentioned in the list of people having account in the bank around 10 years back.
Bureau report
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