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Vijay Nair, a close aide of Manish Sisodia, arrested by CBI in Delhi liquor policy case

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has detained Vijay Nair, the former CEO of the events company Only Much Louder (OML), who had ties to the Aam Aadmi Party, in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy case. Nair, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, and 13 other people were mentioned in the FIR.

On Nair’s role, the CBI FIR had stated: “Reliable sources have revealed that Vijay Nair, former CEO of Only Much Louder, an entertainment and event management company; Manoj Rai, ex-employee of Pernod Ricard; Amandeep Dhal, owner of Brindco Spirits; and Sameer Mahendru, owner of Indospirit, are actively involved in irregularities in framing and implementation of excise policy.”

The Delhi Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena’s recommendation for a CBI investigation into the Delhi Excise Policy 2021–22 prompted the filing of the FIR, placing Sisodia, the head of the excise department, in the firing line. The Delhi administration then said that it was ending the scheme.

“Source further revealed that some of the L-1 licence holders are issuing credit notes to retail vendors with an ab-initio intention to divert the funds as undue pecuniary advantage to public servants. In furtherance to this, they are showing false entries in their books of accounts to keep their record straight. Source further revealed that Amit Arora, director of Buddy Retail Pvt Limited, Gurgaon; Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey are close associates of Manish Sisodia and are actively involved in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licensees to accused public servants. Source further revealed that Sameer Mahendru, MD, Indospirit, has transferred an amount of one crore to the account of Radha Industries. Radha Industries is being managed by Dinesh Arora. Source further revealed that Arun Ramchandra Pillai used to collect undue pecuniary advantage from Sameer Mahendru for onward transmission to accused public servant through Vijay Nair. A person named Arjun Pandey has once collected huge cash amount of about Rs 2-4 crore from Sameer Mahendru on behalf of Vijay Nair. Source has further informed that Mahadev Liquors, a proprietorship firm, was granted L-1 licence. Sunny Marwah is the authorised signatory of the firm. He is also director in companies/firms being managed by family of Late Ponty Chadha. Source has informed that Sunny Marwah is in close contact with accused public servants and has been regularly giving undue pecuniary advantage to them,” the CBI’s FIR had alleged.

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