The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested and produced absconding Ponzi scheme mastermind Amber Dalal in front of a special Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) court in Mumbai, seeking his custody till April 1. 

Dalal, who was absconding since March 14, was nabbed from JRS hotel, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, by the Mumbai police team, using electronic surveillance and CCTV footage. The city police also sought assistance from the local Tapovan police chowkie, under the jurisdiction of Munikerati police station, Tehri Garhwal district.