BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a probe against a senior finance ministry official whom billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi allegedly gifted gold worth Rs 1 crore on Diwali last year.
Without naming the official, Swamy claimed that the servant of this bureaucrat, who resides in Moti Bagh in the posh NDMC area, opened the "gift" in front of other officers who were visiting this government official to exchange Diwali greetings.
The official later wrongly donated the gift in the 'Toshkhana' at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Swamy claimed.
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The former Union minister urged the prime minister to consider directing the CBI or the Enforcement Directorate to investigate the matter, besides registering a fresh case against Nirav Modi under the Prevention of Corruption Act in this connection.
Also, the MP said a case should be registered against the public servant for not reporting the offence relating to illegal gratification and clandestine deposit of gold in the Toshakhana causing disappearance of evidence.
Modi and his uncle Mehul Choski, promoter of Gitanjali Group, are accused in the Rs 12,600-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.