The four Swiss-national members of the Hinduja Family, Kamal & Prakash Hinduja, Namrata & Ajay Hinduja, have not been subjected to any imprisonment, conviction, sentence or detention, a spokesperson of the Hinduja family said in a statement on Saturday evening. The statement said as per Swiss law procedures, the lower court’s judgment is “rendered ineffective and inoperative as the presumption of innocence is paramount until and unless a final judgment by the highest adjudicating authority is enforced”. The statement comes a day after a Swiss court handed a stunning verdict for the family whose fortune is estimated at $47 billion. The most serious of the charges, human trafficking, against them were completely dismissed by the court on Friday. The Hindujas say the case has no complainants left anymore and they had declared in the court that they were led into signing statements that they didn't even understand. They had neither intended to nor initiated such proceedings. According to the spokesperson, all of them further testified that the four Hinduja family members treated them with “respect, dignity and like family”. The four family members have full faith in the Swiss judicial process and remain confident that the truth will prevail. The prosecutors in Geneva had opened a case against the four members of the Hinduja family involving allegations of illegal activities, including exploitation, human trafficking, and violations of Switzerland's labour laws. The family members were accused of confiscating workers' passports, preventing them from leaving the villa, and forcing them to work excessively long hours for minimal pay, among other charges.
