Demand put forward by the IAC activists:
Arrest HSBC bank's top officers and book them under the Prevention and Corruption Act. Seeking that the bank's officials be booked for sedition, Kejriwal said, "Laundering black money is only making the country vulnerable to terror and drugs."
"Like America, we should enact a law that makes it mandatory for foreign banks operating in the country to furnish a list of all account holders to the income tax department," the activist said.
"Like America, we should enact a law that makes it mandatory for foreign banks operating in the country to furnish a list of all account holders to the income tax department," the activist said.
Appealing the 25,000 workers in HSBC to quit their jobs, for the sake of the country, Kejriwal said, "It is this black money stashed away in foreign banks that is routed back into the markets in the name of foreign direct investments (FDI)."
* It may be recalled that earlier in the year, HSBC had issued an apology for naming him in its list of account holders.
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 14:18 IST
Stating that the information on black money was sourced from government records, Kejriwal said, "What we cannot understand why India, unlike the USA, is not able to act against banks like HSBC and UBS, which openly operate in the most brazen fashion in both India and the US."
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 14:15 IST
Raid the Ambanis, Dabur's Burman, Jet's Goyal and Yash Birla for black money: Kejriwal
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 14:13 IST
The three whose premises were raided had promised to pay their taxes on the black money they have deposited in HSBC, Geneva. "But the big question is why only a few of the 700-odd names in the list were searched," asked Kejriwal.
Accusing the Indian government of dragging its feet on the issue of getting the black money stashed away in Swiss banks back to the country, Kejriwal said, "Every company or individual named in the list of HSBC account holders should be probed. Then honest officials should be put deployed to explain every suspect entry in their books."
Accusing the Indian government of dragging its feet on the issue of getting the black money stashed away in Swiss banks back to the country, Kejriwal said, "Every company or individual named in the list of HSBC account holders should be probed. Then honest officials should be put deployed to explain every suspect entry in their books."
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 14:03 IST
Here is the list of people Arvind Kejriwal named:
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani – Rs 100 crores
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani – Rs 100 crores
Motech Software Private Ltd (Reliance Group company) – Rs 2,100 crores
Reliance Industries Ltd – Rs 500 crores
Sandeep Tandon – Rs 125 crores
Anu Tandon – Rs 125 crores
Kokila Dhirubhai Ambani – She has an account but there was no balance on that date
Naresh Kumar Goyal – Rs 80 crores Burmans (3 family members) – Rs 25 crores
Yashovardhan Birla – No balance
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 14:00 IST
The activist also provided a detailed questionnaire answered by three account holders, including one Parminder Kalra, whose premises were raided earlier in the year.
Kejriwal said, "The money transfer would be done by an agent in Delhi. Similarly, if one wants to withdraw the money, all one had to do was call the HSBC in Geneva and the amount would be delivered to you."
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 13:54 IST
Stating that the total amount of black money in HSBC branch is Rs 6000 crore, Kejriwal said, "Naresh Goyal has Rs 100 crore in his Swiss bank account."
As for the modus operandi used to deposit black money in their accounts, Kejriwal said, "There is no need to go to a teller machine in the State Bank of India. Rather, a person comes to your house only after a phone call. One phone call to the HSBC Geneva would trigger the delivery process, all telephonically.
As for the modus operandi used to deposit black money in their accounts, Kejriwal said, "There is no need to go to a teller machine in the State Bank of India. Rather, a person comes to your house only after a phone call. One phone call to the HSBC Geneva would trigger the delivery process, all telephonically.
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 13:51 IST
One name that keeps cropping along side the Ambanis is that of Sandeep Tandon. An official in the Enforcement Directorate, who had quit to join the Reliance industries, Sandeep Tandon became close to the Reliance group. In fact, his two sons are office-bearers in Reliance.
Incidentally, his wife Anu Tandon also has stashed Rs125 crore in her HSBC branch.
She is also a member of Rahul Gandhi's core group.
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 13:43 IST
According to a CD provided by the French government earlier in the year, there are 700-odd account holders of hawala or black money accounts in HSBC Bank on December 2006. While Mukesh and Anil Ambani both had Rs100 crore stashed in the HSBC bank back in December 2006.
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 13:41 IST
Also, many have come forward to suggest the names of scamsters. "Today's expose relates to the return of all the black money from Swiss banks. According to the statement of a former CBI official, there is 25,000 lakh crores in black money stashed away in Swiss banks," said Kejriwal.
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 13:38 IST
After our last expose, the BJP had said that we hold a weekly bazaar of scams. "I would like to state at the start that there are so many scams that we need to hold a daily bazaar," said India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal at a press conference in the national capital on Friday.
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 13:36 IST
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