A west London landlord faces the removal of his OBE after a conviction for unlawfully renting property. Nirpal Singh Riat told TOI on Thursday that he disputes some of these allegations, which he says are “fabricated”. Regardless, a Hounslow councillor lobbied the honours forfeiture committee,. Nirpal Singh Riat’s name was on an updated UK cabinet office list issued this month among those whose Order of the British Empire (OBE) has been.