Ambani letter war: MPs & Minister allege forgery
Friday, June 10 2005 16:53 Hrs (IST) - World Time - 
New Delhi:
Two MPs and a Minister from Orissa have alleged that their names had been used in forged letters to attack certain key officials of the Reliance group and have sought a probe by the Union Government into this.
Letters were apparently part of mud slinging in the ongoing ownership battle between Mukesh Ambani and his younger brother Anil.
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The demand for probe came in the middle of an enquiry being conducted by the Home Ministry into letters purportedly written by some MPs and politicians to the Prime Minister questioning the role of the officials owing allegiance to Anil.
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Responding to a query from Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil about a letter reportedly written by him as MP, Padmanava Behra wrote back saying that he was not a Member of Parliament since May last year and that his "letter pad was misused."
According to a copy of a communication sent to the Reliance Official in question, Behra said that, "I have already replied to Shivraj Patil in which I have confirmed that I am not a MP since May 16, 2004."
The Government had started looking into affair in April when a communication purportedly written by MPs to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh started doing rounds prompting some parliamentarians to demand a probe into the forgery.
PTI
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