Govt tells SC names of 3 businessmen having black money a/c

The central government on Monday revealed the names of three people who have black money stashed abroad in its affidavit to the Supreme Court. Pradeep Burman, former Director of Dabur group, Pankaj ChimanLal Lodhiya, a Rajkot based bullion trader and Radha S Timbola, a Goa based miner feature in the Centre's much awaited list of black money account holders. Apparently, there are 138 people on Centre's list of people who have black money stashed away in foreign banks.

Black money may has been the pet theme of the Narendra Modi lead Bharatiya Janata Party during the 2014 election campaign. Party leader Sambit Patra lauded Cantre's decision to reveal the names saying, "Today is a historic day in the black money case, the process of disclosure of names has started."