India seeks Swiss help in probe into Preneet Kaur, son bank accounts
NEW DELHI: Switzerland today said that India has sought assistance in the investigations into accounts allegedly held by former Congress minister Preneet Kaur and her son Raninder Singh.
According to PTI, the Swiss tax department made these disclosures in two separate notifications published in the Switzerland government’s federal gazette.
The notifications did not disclose further details about the two, except for their nationality and dates of birth. The Federal Tax Administration of Switzerland has asked the two to file an appeal within ten days for exercise of the right to be heard.
Earlier, when Ms Kaur’s name had come up in a leaked HSBC list, she had denied having any account in her name with any foreign bank. She had also said that her statement was recorded earlier by the tax authorities, but she was not shown any document which might indicate having a foreign bank account or a trust.
Names of several Indians and other foreign nationals have been disclosed in the gazette in recent months following growing global pressure on Switzerland to crack down on its famed banking secrecy practices amid suspicion on these accounts being used to park illicit wealth.
