The crime branch of Mumbai police has arrested another man in the case of alleged fooling the aspiring cricketers by promising them a place in the squads in domestic cricket and IPL, taking the number of arrests to four.

After three arrests earlier, the police was looking for Ravindra Wadekar (23), who was arrested on Wednesday and remanded in police custody. He played for Hyderabad in Under-19 cricket.

Explaining his role, a police officer said, “Wadekar played an important role in approaching youngsters. He would convince them about investing money with the other three accused and collect money on behalf of Barate.”

Since Wadekar played at the junior Under-19 level, he knew several budding cricketers who would be willing to pay up to get a break in IPL teams or Ranji matches.

According to the police, the arrested person had fooled many youngsters and pocketed INR 68 lakh over the past one year. Earlier this month, the police had arrested Vijay Barate (43), Jeevan Mukkadam (28) and Dinesh More (23), for fooling over 100 youngsters across the nation.

Barate joined his RN Sports Club with the Hyderabad team and  It was given the job of hunting for young and talented cricketers.

In the span of their one-year contract, Barate overwhelmed young cricketers with pictures he had clicked with famous players, the police said. An officer also said, “We are interrogating the accused to find out who else is involved.”