Sangola police in Solapur, who first reached SDCPL's office in February in connection with a cheating case, have arrested three men — Paravir Viswas, Kanaiyalal Shah and Hitesh Shah. "They were arrested from 24 Paraganas, West Bengal. Two more accused, including Vikramsingh Rathore, are on the run," an officer from Sangola police said.

"Hitesh was the leader of the group. Viswas and Kanaiyalal had joint bank accounts to which the victims Somnath Sutar, Raju Sutar and Mahesh Kamble were asked to deposit money amounting to R11.13 lakh," the officer added.