[1/2] Customers look at a Hero MotoCorp Karizma motorbike at a Hero MotoCorp showroom in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad April 26, 2013. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File PhotoCompanies Hero MotoCorp Ltd FollowNEW DELHI, June 15 (Reuters) - India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs has ordered an investigation to assess Hero MotoCorp's (HROM.NS) relationship with a third-party vendor in a case related to alleged diversion of funds, two government sources told Reuters on Thursday. The investigation has been ordered in the "public interest" to probe the ownership structure of Hero MotoCorp and whether it controlled the third-party vendor, said the two sources, who are privy to the internal government directive. Hero MotoCorp, India's largest manufacturer of motorcycles, said in a statement to Reuters that it had not received any communication from the government and could not comment. Separately, Hero MotoCorp was under the scrutiny of India's income tax authorities last year.

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Persons: Amit Dave, MotoCorp, Hero MotoCorp, Pawan Munjal, Nikunj Ohri, Aditya Kalra, Aditi Shah, Jason Neely Organizations: REUTERS, NEW, India's Ministry, Corporate Affairs, Reuters, India's, Companies, Thomson Locations: Indian, Ahmedabad, NEW DELHI, New Delhi