A FORMER Swiss banker has handed over the names of 2,000 secret account holders from Asia, US and Britain to Wikileaks, who have evaded taxes. A former employee of Swiss based Bank Julius Baer, Rudolf Elmer said the account holders include celebrities, business leaders and lawmakers.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who received the two discs containing the document appeared in front of the media alongside Rudolf Elmer at London's Frontline Club, said they will make these 2,000 names public in future. Julian Assange said, "We will treat this information like all other information we get. There will be a full revelation."
Earlier today, BJP President Nitin Gadkari asked the Centre to make public the names of Indians who have stashed unaccounted money in Swiss banks.
He also said, "I demand from the Central Government the names of those who have cheated and betrayed the country and amassed this black money. This money belongs to people of India, which has been kept in the Swiss bank. The Central Government has got the names of such people and the government should immediately reveal the names."
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "We are interested in the names from India and the entire country expects that those who have looted public money and invested abroad in Swiss bank accounts, their names should also be exposed."
The Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer released the files two days before he is due to appear before a Zurich regional court in connection of violating Switzerland's strict banking secrecy laws. Elmer who worked for the Swiss bank from from 1987 until 2002 said that he will not reveal any company or individual names of the account holders.
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