India, Sept. 27 -- A special PMLA court has cleared the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) bid to bring back Sagar Paresh Mehta, a key accused in the Rs.177-crore Torres Jewellery money-laundering case, from the United Arab Emirates, where he was arrested after nearly two years on the run.

Additional sessions judge S V Sahare allowed the ED's application seeking permission to send an extradition proposal for Mehta to the UAE through diplomatic channels.

Mehta had been absconding since the money-laundering case was registered and a Red Corner Notice was subsequently issued against him through Interpol. The ED told the court that Mehta had since been arrested in the UAE and that India's National Central Bureau in New Delhi had been informed o...