One more person has been arrested by Thane police in Maharashtra for his alleged involvement in a child-lifting racket, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five, police said on Wednesday. The accused, Mohammad Azaruddin (35), an auto-rickshaw driver, was arrested on Tuesday from Mumbra town here, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-1) S S Burse said.

The man allegedly used to help the gang transport the children from one location to another, he said. On Monday, the police claimed to have busted a gang of child lifters with the arrest of four persons from Mumbra.