The CBI on Monday questioned the Managing Director of Indospirit Sameer Mahendru, along with other accused named in the FIR, in connection with the alleged excise policy scam.
The agency has already questioned Hyderabad-based businessman and accused in the case Arun Ramachandra Pillai once while Mahendru is being questioned again in connection with the case, officials said.
In its FIR, the CBI has mentioned two instances where Mahendru allegedly made payments to the tune of Rs 4-5 crore to “close associates” of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is the prime accused in the case.
Sisodia’s “close associates”- Amit Arora, director of Buddy Retail Pvt. Limited, Gurugram, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey - were “actively involved in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licencees” to the accused public servants, according to the FIR.
The CBI has alleged that Radha Industries managed by Dinesh Arora received Rs 1 crore from Mahendru.
“Source further revealed that Arun Ramachandra Pillai used to collect undue pecuniary advantage from Sameer Mahendru for onward transmission to the accused public servants through
Vijay Nair.