Indian Diamond Merchant Makes Gift of 600 Cars to Staff With Modi’s Help

New cars, which according to the local media will be distributed by India's diamond trader Savji Dholakia to his employees as Diwali gifts during an event called the "Skill India Incentive Ceremony", are seen parked in Surat, in the western state of Gujarat, India, on Oct. 25, 2018. Stringer/Reuters

NEW DELHI—India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped a diamond merchant hand over hundreds of cars as gifts to his employees on Oct. 25.

Six hundred employees of Hari Krishna Exporters, a diamond trading company run by Savji Dholakia, received cars made by Indian manufacturer Maruti Suzuki, while around a thousand more staff were offered gifts of cash deposits and apartments in a huge outdoor ceremony in Surat, Gujarat.