소장자는 석유업체 브리티시페트롤리엄(BP)에서 일하던 삼촌이 1920년대 남아프리카공화국에서 간디를 만나 안경을 선물 받았다고 주장했다.
The warden claimed that his uncle, who worked for oil company British Petroleum (BP), met Gandhi in South Africa in the 1920s and was presented with glasses.