Friday, April 29 2005 15:00 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: In a new twist to the Ambani versus Ambani fight over the Reliance ownership issues, a Lok Sabha MP today (Apr 29, 2005) sought an "official inquiry" from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into use of his forged letter to make serious charges against officials in Anil's camp.

"I wish to put it on record that this letter is a case of blatant criminal forgery. The letter even misspells my name. The forged letterhead spells my name as Sugriv Singh," the MP from Orissa Sugrib Singh said in a letter to PM.

Disassociating himself from the entire controversy, Singh today said he has also approached the Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi for formal inquiry into his letter and signatures being forged by "some interested parties for their benefit".

Giving the sequence of events, he said a letter purportedly written by him on his official Parliamentary letterhead and carrying his signature had made series of allegations against the officials working with the Reliance Industries Ltd (Anil's camp).

The issue of forgery surfaces at a time when a number of letters purportedly written by MPs making allegations against Anil, engaged in a battle with elder brother Mukesh, have been circulated among media.

In his letter demanding and "official inquiry", Singh said, "I am outraged that criminal elements whosoever they be have resorted to such a blatant and malicious forgery purportedly ascribing it to me including the misuse of official emblem."