The veil of secrecy on the list of Indians who stashed black cash in foreign banks has finally been lifted.
Tehelka has revealed the names of fifteen Indians, who have stashed their black cash within the LGT bank of Liechtenstein, a widely known tax haven nation, one hundred ninety km from Munich, Germany.
The magazine claims it's has accessed sixteen of the eighteen names, and has created fifteen of them public.
The Tehelka report claims Germany had officially handed over the list to the Indian Government on eighteen March 2009.
Which means it's nearly 2 years since the Indian Government had data concerning the names and checking account details of those eighteen Indians.
The list has been a topic of suspense and political discussion with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee stating that this list can't be disclosed to the Indian individuals and also the opposition parties demanding transparecny on the problem.
The magazine says that it's approached every of those people concerned and is awaiting their response and hence has not revealed their deatils.
The list released by the magazine includes the names of
1. Manoj Dhupelia
2. Rupal Dhupelia
3. Mohan Dhupelia
4. Hasmukh Gandhi
5. Chintan Gandhi
6. Dilip Mehta
7. Arun Mehta
8. Arun Kochar
9. Gunwanti Mehta
10. Rajnikant Mehta
11. Prabodh Mehta
12. Ashok Jaipuria
13. Raj Foundation
14. Urvashi Foundation
15. Ambrunova Trust
The 3 trusts during this list are registered outside India.
The government on its half has claimed that a close investigation into all the checking account details provided by Germany is underway and creating the names public would violate the agreement between 2 sovereign countries, India and Germany.