The Mumbai Crime Branch arrested the 'Guruji' behind the puja for paison ki baarish on Wednesday. The arrested accused was identified as Ashok Gupta alias Guruji, 45, a resident of Madhya Pradesh. mid-day had reported the arrest of the main accused in the racket in 'Puja for paison ki baarish costs man over Rs 1.2 crore,' on January 1.

According to the Crime Branch, Guruji has a spouse each in Jharkhand, Kamothe (Navi Mumbai) and Dharavi, Mumbai. He met the brain behind the money shower racket, Nishwit Kumar Shetty, who was arrested on Tuesday, in 2014, and they started operating as a team to cheat people.