Indian-origin businessman banned over false tax returns in Britain

A Scotland-based Indian-origin construction firm boss has been banned from running companies for at least nine years for submitting false tax returns to British authorities.

Hardip Singh Khaira, from Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, will be disqualified for nine years starting Thursday, after which the 43-year-old is banned from acting as a director or directly or indirectly becoming involved, without the permission of the court, in the promotion, formation or management of a company.

It was clear from our investigations that Hardip Khaira deliberately caused the construction firm to submit false returns to reduce the amount of tax the company had