The name Suresh Nanda is expected to haunt Fernandes for some time to come. So, who is he? He is a former navy man and the surviving son of Admiral Sundarilal Mathuradas Nanda (pvsm), who was Chief of Naval Staff between 1970 and 1973. After demitting office, Nanda Sr became a defence middleman and floated a firm called Global Tech. Using his outstanding contacts in the services, bureaucracy and among politicians, the admiral soon became the country’s biggest arms dealer, leaving behind such names like the Hindujas, the Chaudhury brothers, Chetan Shah, Win Chadha, Vipin Khanna and Vinod Khanna (who was even arrested in the ’80s). And he managed this despite a ban on agents.
When Global Tech flourished, Suresh quit the navy and joined his father. The duo then...

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