The Oshiwara police have arrested a member of a gang who duped an NRI diamond trader, Mohabbat Alam Khan, to the tune of R2.17 crore on the pretext of getting his TV serials on air. The accused, Chintu Ratnakar Bihani, 42, was arrested from a satellite town of Delhi, and brought to Mumbai where he was produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate court in Bandra on Sunday. It remanded him in police custody for further investigation.

Khan told mid-day that he met Bihani nearly a decade ago. "A family friend introduced me to Bihani. The deal was done with an agreement that Bihani would help get me the approval from the Doordarshan office, Delhi, to get my serials on air. For this I made several payments by cash and cheque from 2009 to early 2016," said Khan, who owns Imagika Entertainment Private Limited, a film production house.