The Charkop police arrested real estate developer Anwar Lakdawala on Thursday, almost after a year of him cheating eight people of Rs 1.6 crore, on the pretext of selling flats to them under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). However, this was possible only because RTI activist Ravindra Chandrakant Chiplunkar intervened and tried to find out why the cops let him go scot-free even though three of his accomplices were arrested in May last year.

Pramod Dhavare, senior inspector, said, "He has been arrested for allegedly cheating eight people of '20 lakh each. Lakdawala is the fourth to be arrested. More arrests will follow."