A 30-year-old Andheri resident, Amir Vora, was arrested on Thursday after falsely claiming that robbers had stolen Rs 44 lakh in cash sent by his mother-in-law to purchase a flat. After the police poked holes in his story, he claimed it was all an attempt to teach his "spendthrift" wife a lesson.

On February 22, around 11.30 pm, Vora approached the Agripada police and claimed that earlier that day he had driven to Bhuleshwar to pick up the cash with his father. He also stated that on the way back, two bike-borne men each appeared on either side of his vehicle in Byculla.