The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested three aides of Punjab gangster Sonu Khatri from Thane district, a police officer said on Monday.

In a joint operation with the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police, the ATS nabbed the three accused from Kalyan in Thane district on Sunday evening, the officer said. The trio was allegedly in contact with gangster-terrorist Harvinder Singh alias Rinda, he said.