India, Feb. 1 -- A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question three executives and one hawala operator associated with the Torres jewellery chain who were arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police in connection with the Ponzi scheme operated through six Torres outlets in Mumbai. The executives, Tazagul Xasatova, Valentina Kumar, and Sarvesh Ashok Surve, and the hawala operator, Alpesh Khara, are currently in judicial custody.

Special judge AC Daga passed the order on January 29, allowing the ED's assistant director, Mumbai zone-II, Abhay Kumar, and enforcement officer, Mumbai zone-II, GBV Satyanarayana, to record the statements of the four accused u...