The Anti-Extortion Cell on Friday arrested five people who worked for fugitive gangster Guru Satam. Probe has revealed that of the five, who engaged in extortion, one works as a BMC cleaner.

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The police said the arrested have been identified as Amol Vichare (convicted in a murder case and recently released), Bharat Solanki (used to make the calls), Rajesh Ambre (has over 53 cases registered against him), Bipin Dhotre (handled Satam's finances and sent the extorted money to him via hawala), and Deepak Lodhiya (used to collect information about builders and businessmen and send it to Satam).