Did it for commission, says Guj businessman who disclosed Rs 13,860 crore black money

December 03, 2016 20:25

Mahesh Shah, the Gujarat businessman who had gone missing after he disclosed Rs 13,860 crore under the Centre's Income Disclosure Scheme, appeared before media on Saturday and claimed that he had made the disclosure at behest of some people in the greed for commission.

"I will disclose the names of the people before specific I-T officers," Shah said.

Mahesh Shah appeared in the office of a local TV channel. Later police and I-T officials arrived at the channel's office and detained him.

"I was not running away anywhere but for some reasons I stayed away from media," the businessman said.

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