Mumbai: A special court on Thursday granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record the statements of eight individuals currently held in judicial custody at Arthur Road Jail. This is in connection with an ongoing investigation into the Rs 122 crore New India Cooperative Bank scam.The order allowed an assistant director and two ED officers to question the accused between June 16 and July 10, 2025. The accused, identified as Hitesh Mehta, Dharmesh Poun, Abhimanyu Bhoan, Manohar Marutwar, Kapil Dedhiya, Ulahanathan Marutwar, Javed Ajam, and Rajivranjan Pande, were arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police and are currently in judicial custody.The court also directed the superintendent of Arthur Road Jail to permit the ED officers to bring electronic gadgets such as mobile phones, laptops, printers, and pen drives for the purpose of recording the statements.
