An elderly Dahisar resident was looking to buy a house in Mumbai when he stumbled upon a 'tantrik' in Satara who promised to double his money. Arun Gadgil, 75, went to him with Rs 45 lakh, but returned with bricks and stones.

Shocked, he approached the Dahisar police, who, after a two-month probe, arrested five people, including the 'tantrik', Kailash Nath alias Kailash Baba, 50, Ajit Patil alias Gopal, 33, Ganesh Pilavle alias Pawar, 29, Priya Soni, 39, and Deepak Kotekar, 39.