THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has revealed that the businessman being protected by Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde was Shahid Usman Balwa .

Former home secretary turned BJP leader R K Singh had also alleged that Shinde interfered with large number of postings of station house officers (SHO) in Delhi. Swamy called Shinde’s interference in Delhi police postings as "scandalous corruption", and based on the home secretary’s statement - which he called a "prima facie cognizable offence" - an FIR should be lodged, he said.

"There should be a full-fledged inquiry. The PM should set up an SIT to look into the matter. Otherwise sooner or later we will have to go to court," he told TOI in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.

Swamy said Shahid Usman Balwa is linked to many more ministers in the UPA government, whose names he will reveal as and when needed.

"I came across Shahid Balwa’s name during the 2G scam. Former telecom minister A Raja was under his influence. Dubai-based Etisalat was allowed to invest in Balwa’s company and Balwa’s connection to Dawood Ibrahim is known to everyone in Mumbai due to his real estate dealings. I am not surprised that Shinde protected and supported him because I find that in many other matters connected with Dawood, the home ministry has been very weak, for instance the Jet-Etihad deal," he said.

R K Singh had alleged that there were instructions from the home minister not to interrogate Balwa in the IPL-fixing case .

"Even the 2G probe on Balwa took a long time because he was protected by the government. The home minister’s link has become evident because of the former home secretary’s allegations. The home ministry has taken no steps to catch Dawood, who lives in Pakistan. He celebrates with Bollywood actors in Dubai. Why doesn’t India take action then? Why don’t they tell the UAE government that we will close down all their commercial enterprises unless they hand him over? He is after all declared an international terrorist. He has an Interpol notice, yet not a single step has been taken to extradite him," said the BJP leader.

Swamy asked the home minster to come clean about the issue and that he would go to court if need be. “I am not like Kejriwal who shoots and scoots. If I go to court I have to prove it and take it to the end," Swamy said.