Mahesh alias Raju Jivraj Chauhan (25), Manoj Kanji Patel alias Manu (24), both from Varachha area, Manoj Narayan Pradhan alias Sukant from Gotalawadi along with Balubhai Gondalia, Himmat Gondalia and Prafful Gondalia -- all members of the management -- were taken into custody by the Rander police on Wednesday. They were produced before a magistrate in the evening and remanded to one day's police custody.

Meanwhile, the Surat Shahar Manya Khangi Prathamik Shikshak Sangh said on Thursday that the main culprits had not been arrested and that the Sangh would wait for a couple of days before making the next move. ``Dinesh Gondalia, who was actively involved (in the abduction) has not been arrested. Even Swami Shri Shastry Harivallabhdas, the president of the school management and the brain behind the kidnapping, has not been arrested,'' president Dipak Patel told Express Newsline on Thursday.

Ashok Patil, the kidnapped teacher, is also vice-president of the SSMKPSS. He was kidnapped last Wednesday by four people in a Maruti van and released a day later.In the identification parade on Thursday, Patil recognised three of the four people who had forcibly taken him to a room in the basement of Aakar Sport Club in Nana Varachha and threatened him with dire consequences if he did not stop his tirade against the management.