India, Feb. 4 -- A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question Rajendra Lodha, former director of Lodha Developers, in Arthur Road jail in connection with an alleged Rs.85-crore fraud.

Special judge RB Rote on January 30 ordered the prison superintendent to allow the ED's assistant director, Ratnesh Kumar Karn, enforcement officer Pyar Singh Meena and another staff member to enter the jail along with the necessary electronic gadgets to record Lodha's statement on February 6.

The order came after the ED filed an application saying it had registered an enforcement case information report (ECIR) based on two FIRs filed against Lodha at the NM Joshi Marg and Bori...