India, Jan. 29 -- Tazagul Xasatova, arrested in connection with the Torres Jewellery fraud, has claimed she has no connection with Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd, the company that owns the Torres brand, and that she was neither a director, nor shareholder, CEO, officer, nor manager of the company.

In her bail application filed before the special MPID court, Xasatova, an Uzbek, has contended that she was shown as a general manager by another local manager, without any documentary proof.

Her plea stated that she had not received any remuneration from the company. "There is neither any authority letter from the company authorising the applicant to become general manager or any kind of manager," said the plea. It said the case against her was based ...