ED arrests Delhi businessman Sameer Mahendru in liquor policy case

ED has arrested businessman Sameer Marendru in Delhi's liquor policy case. He is the MD of Indo Spirits. Recently, Sameer's house and office were raided. This is the second arrest in the excise scam. Earlier on Tuesday, Vijay Nair, a close aide of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, was arrested in the excise policy case. Vijay is the number five accused in the CBI's FIR. He is the former CEO of an event management company.

Vijay Nair has been associated with the Aam Aadmi Party for a long time, although he does not hold any post. The CBI is probing the role of at least 14 other persons, including Manish Sisodia and Vijay Nair. In the Delhi Excise case, till the first week of September, the CBI had questioned five people once. These five people are Sunny Marwaha, Amandeep Dhal, Amit Arora, Sameer Mahendru and Arun Ramachandra Pillai. All these were once questioned at the CBI Headquarters. Vijay Nair and Dinesh Arora were abroad so they were not interrogated.

According to the FIR - Sunny Marwah was an authorized signatory in Mahadev Liquor and is also a director in those companies which are related to Ponty Chaddha. Sunny Marwah is said to be very close to the then excise officials. He used to work as a middleman in getting licenses, benefiting the excise officials. Mahadev Liquors Company is located in B 303 Industrial Area of ​​Okhla. Apart from this, there is also an office in E38 Kalkaji. It has Sunny Marwah Signatory.

Amandeep Dhal is director at Bindco Sales. It is alleged that Sameer Mahendru had transferred one crore rupees to Dinesh Arora's Radha Industry, close to Manish Sisodia. Arun Ramachandra Pillai is accused of taking money from Sameer Mahendru and giving it to government people. A sting is shown as Sunny Marwah's father. The CBI has not mentioned Kuldeep Marwah in the FIR or any position in any company in the FIR or any statement.