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Indian cricketers, filmstars have black money in Swiss banks: Whistleblower

He said it's "all about approach", saying if the Indian government was at all serious about bringing back black money.

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Updated : Sep 12, 2011, 09:38 PM IST

Indian cricketers, filmstars have black money in Swiss banks: Whistleblower

Whistleblower Rudolph Elmer has said Indian cricketers and film stars hold secret accounts in Swiss banks. While refusing to give out the names of the evaders, Elmer accused the Indian government of not doing enough on the black money front.

"There is a need for global commitment and action," Headlines Today news channel quoted Elmer, who was released from jail on July 25, 2011, as saying on Monday.

In his first interview after being released from jail, Elmer told the channel that there is a need for global commitment towards tightening noose around tax evaders, who he said are ‘criminals’.

Fearing reprisals, Elmer declined to reveal the names of the "politicians, cricketers and filmstars". He said it's "all about approach", saying if the Indian government was at all serious about bringing back black money it could.

"The government is not committed. I think society has to put pressure on the Indian government to act. India is a big country, which is getting stronger by the day. It has the negotiating power," Elmer told Headlines Today.

Saying he can't give names because "I'll in serious problem", Elmer told Headlines Today, "I can't give a date, but it will happen sometime". He added the government was not doing enough.

Rudolf Elmer is a former employee of Swiss bank Julius Bar, a highly reputed Swiss bank.

He shook the world in January this year when he handed over to WikiLeaks a CD containing 2000 names of tax evaders. In that list figured the names of several Indians.

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