In a significant development in the Denron Rea IT and Bliss Consultants  Rs 200 crore arbitration saga, another lawyer, Dharmendra Vasantlal Patel, who previously represented Denron and its sister company, has come under the scanner of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW). The lawyer approached the Additional Sessions Court, Mumbai, and was granted interim relief on the condition that he appear before the EOW daily for the duration of the investigation and cooperate with the agency. Earlier, the EOW arrested another lawyer for allegedly submitting fake affidavits on behalf of Goregaon-based couple Ashesh and Shivangi Mehta, already in jail for allegedly duping many of their investors.

The court has directed Dharmendra Vasantlal Patel to appear before the investigating officer until September 10, and in the meantime, the officer is restrained from taking any coercive action against him. The court also instructed the EOW to file a reply, for which the agency has requested a week.