Police arrested a 30-year-old man who had been fleeing arrest since March after allegedly scamming numerous people of Rs 1.15 crore by offering to secure their homes in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Thursday.

The accused was nabbed on Tuesday at Wagralpada, Vasai, after thorough investigations. According to Senior Inspector Raju Mane of Manickpur police station, during interrogation, he enticed home purchasers from Vasai and Virar in Palghar, as well as from neighbouring Mumbai, by promising them rooms in a chawl (row tenement) in Vasai, reported PTI.