The Thane police yesterday arrested a prominent builder and three others from the city in a case of cheating where they are accused of not giving possession of a flat to a woman despite receiving the entire purchase amount from her.

Managing Director and chairman of Lok Housing, Darshan Lalit Gandhi, and his associates Natwarlal Banka, Sumit Agrawal and Sanjay Shete, were arrested in the afternoon, said the Thane police spokesperson Sukada Narkar.