Arvind Kejriwal's 4th expose - Friday Nov 9,2012

Arvind Kejriwal exposes Swiss accounts

In his 4th expose against the 'corrupt' in the Indian system, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal at a press meet in New Delhi on Nov 9,2012 Friday afternoon said HSBC's Geneva branch has accounts of 700 Indians. He said France had given this list to the central government five years ago. The figures are till 2006
Arvind Kejriwal said the names include:
1. Mukesh Ambani – Rs 100 crore.
2. Anil Ambani – Rs 100 crore
3. Botex Software Pvt Ltd (Company has shareholding by Reliance) – Rs 2100 crore
4. Reliance Industries – Rs 500 crore
5. Late Sandeep Tandon (former IRS officer)– Rs 125 crore. (Kejriwal said Tandon was close to Mukesh Ambani. His two sons are also in the reliance. His wife Anu Tandon has Rs 125 crores too, Kejriwal said. She is the Congress MP from Congress. Kejriwal also said she is a core group member of Rahul Gandhi)
6. Kokila Dhirubhai Ambani has no money but has an account.
7. Naresh Goyal - Rs 80 crore

700 accounts had  over 6000 crores

Arvind Kejriwal says that his sources have told him that about Rs. 6000 crores as black money has been stashed abroad in tax havens, but the government claims that figure is only Rs. 565 crores. 

Arvind Kejriwal accused industrialists Mukesh and Anil Ambani, Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal, Congress MP Annu Tandon and several other Indians of holding money in Swiss banks, allegations most of them denied.

Alleging that HSBC Bank was facilitating what he said was money laundering, Kejriwal demanded the arrest of its top officials and the suspension of its operations in India.

He also wanted the government to raid the 700 odd people with Swiss bank accounts on the strength of information provided by the French government. His own tip off, he said, came from a senior Congress leader.