More than three weeks after he posted a selfie with Aryan Khan and soon became the target of the Maharashtra police, absconding panch witness Kiran Gosavi was arrested by Pune cops on Thursday. On the run, Gosavi had been to Lucknow, Hyderabad, Fatehpur Sikri, Jalgaon, Panvel, Mumbai and Lonavala since October 3, when Aryan Khan was arrested, said the police. He was picked from a lodge in Katraj, Pune.

The Pune police said Gosavi was holed up in Katraj identifying himself as Sachin Patil. He had claimed that he worked for an NGO called Stop Crime. The Pune police are investigating how Gosavi paid for his food, drinks, travel and stay in hotels. The Pune police had booked Gosavi in a cheating case in 2019. While he had remained untraceable, his viral selfie with Aryan Khan and the subsequent war between state minority minister Nawab Malik and NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede ensured that Maharashtra cops were hot on his heels. The Pune police then issued a lookout notice against him.