The SIT will submit its report to the SC by the first week of December
the special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the SC to investigate black money said it will go after all offenders, whether "big or small"
New Delhi: Toughening its stand, the special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the SC to investigate black money said on Thursday it will go after all offenders, whether “big or small”. The SIT is gathering more names other than the over 600 account holders in HSBC Bank, Geneva, given by the government to the Supreme Court for investigation. The SIT will submit its report to the SC by the first week of December. Its first report was submitted in August this year. However, it said the confidentiality of account holders on the black money list will not be violated as there are global treaties involved.
“Before us, nobody is big, nobody is small. Everybody is equal. Whoever has looted this country will be caught and will be punished, economically, and otherwise also. That we assure,” SIT vice-chairman Justice Arijit Pasayat said. Justice M.B. Shah, heading the SIT, said as SC judges they had decided a number of cases against big personalities. “We won’t bother who is big. We will treat them equally with the poorest person of the country,” he said. He assured there would be more prosecution, “within a reasonable time”, of people who have stashed black money. He said the SIT is also sharing data with other agencies to help it speed up its probe.
He also said there is no problem in sharing information among various members of the SIT. “There are some cases with the ED and CBI also and there is no problem in sharing. Everything that can be shared is being shared,” he said. “The investigation in all black money cases is going on at a very fast pace and all the agencies have their task clear. I am sure it will give us good results. I don’t think the speed is slow as investigation of tax and other such cases. The agencies are doing it and the SIT is seeing that,” he said.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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