Officers of Unit X of Mumbai police’s crime branch said they have arrested an electrician for selling ganja to baker Anthony Paul, who allegedly planted it on actress Chrisann Pereira that led to her arrest at Sharjah airport last month.

Paul, the arrested accused in the case, allegedly obtained half a kilogramme of ganja from him and planted the drug on all his victims, they added. Police arrested Shanti Singh Rajput, 28, a resident of Mira Road, on Saturday. He is an electrician and had done a job for Paul at his bakery last year, they said. Officers are now investigating where Rajput purchased the ganja from.