RAW sources say that the feud with his powerful landlord and his indiscreet partying in the Sri Lankan capital may have all resulted in Ravi Nair being recalled a few weeks ago to New Delhi. However, there was no confirmation if the RAW had evidence of spying against Nair, as was being claimed by some sections.

A standoff between Nair and his landlord, who happened to be the Sri Lankan foreign minister, had led to an awkward situation with the minister putting pressure through diplomatic channels for Nair’s recall. Though it was unofficial, sources said Bogollagama’s pressure had significantly contributed to the recall of Nair, a Research and Analysis Service officer.

A senior official in the Sri Lankan high commission in New Delhi told DNA that they “had no such reports” of their foreign minister’s unhappiness with the officer.

Dependable sources say that Nair had gotten into a dispute with the foreign minister over some repairs that he carried out in Bogollagama’s house where the RAW official had been staying.

Nair has told his colleagues that landlord Bogollagama had promised to pay him the cost of repairs, running into over a lakh of rupees, but the minister did not keep his word once the work got over. Whatever may be the finer nuances of the dispute, it was clear that the minister was clearly upset with the RAW representative in Colombo, sources here say.

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