Govt reveals names of 7 in black money list

Govt reveals names of 7 in black money list

The government on Monday revealed the names of seven people, including a Dabur group promoter, Pradip Burman, and an entity, for allegedly stashing money in foreign banks.

Besides Burman, a former director of Dabur India, Rajkot-based bullion trader Pankaj Chimanlal Lodhiya, Goa-headquartered mining firm Timblo Pvt Ltd and five of Timblo's directors - Radha Timblo, Chetan Timblo, Rohan Timblo, Anna Timblo and Mallika Timblo - figure in the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by the government. The affidavit will come up before a Bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu on Tuesday.

Burman's name was received from the French authorities, while the others' were furnished by other countries, the affidavit said.

The disclosed names were a minuscule part of the 600-odd people talked about in the HSBC list, a point caught by political opponents of the Narendra Modi government, saying the ruling regime lacked the political will to disclose the rest of the names.