ED to take custody of bizman Vijay Nair in Delhi liquor policy case

The Enforcement Directorate will take custody of Vijay Nair, communication incharge of the Aam Aadmi Party, in Delhi liquor policy case. Nair was arrested by the CBI earlier and was sent to judicial custody on Thursday.

A special court on Thursday sent businessman and AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair, arrested in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is also an accused, to two weeks' judicial custody.

Now ED is also set to seek his custody. Sameer Mahendru is already in the custody of the ED. The ED today conducted searches at 35 locations in Delhi, Punjab and Hyderabad in connection with this case.

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Vijay Nair was arrested by the CBI on September 27 in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam in which Manish Sisodia is also an accused. Sources said that Nair was one of the key conspirators and was involved in the alleged irregularities in the allocation of liquor licenses. The CBI had sought a seven-day remand to interrogate Vijay Nair in the corruption case.

The CBI had registered an FIR against the accused public servants, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and other named and unnamed persons under the relevant sections of the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.

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WHO IS VIJAY NAIR?

According to the FIR, the accused public servants were instrumental in taking decisions about the excise policy without getting approval from the competent authority.
The intent of the accused was to extend undue favours to the liquor licensees for illegal pecuniary benefits, the FIR alleged.