Three persons from Gujarat have been arrested for allegedly attempting to sell and purchase land using fabricated documents in the name of a deceased man in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said, reported news agency PTI.

A team from the Mira Bhayandar Virar Vasai (MBVV) police laid a trap and apprehended the trio, one of them a property agent, at Penkarpada in Mira Road East on September 12, an official said.