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In the last hearing, senior lawyer Rebecca John, who was appearing for Nair, opposed the CBI move, saying her client has joined the investigation and was cooperating. Nair, the former CEO of Only Much Louder, an entertainment and event management firm and one of the prime accused in the Delhi excise scam, had gone to London. He returned to join the probe and was placed under arrest. The CBI has alleged that Nair was actively involved in irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) for the year 2021-22.
Nair was reportedly a volunteer of Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party and he allegedly helped party leaders by organising events and also handled their social media. Sameer Mahendru, director of Indospirits, on behalf of Nair, allegedly paid around Rs 2-4 crore to Arjun Pandey, an aide of Sisodia. There are also allegations that Arun Ramchandra Pillai, a resident of Kokapet in Hyderabad, used to take undue pecuniary advantage from Mahendru for onward transmission to accused public servants through Nair.
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