Police have arrested four more persons in connection with the sex scandal involving Swaminarayan priests of the Vadtal sect, sources said in Ahmedabad on Friday.

Three of them are from Surat and one is from Saila town of Surendranagar district, the sources said.

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The number of people who are in custody in connection with the case is now eight. A swami belonging to the Junagadh temple of the Vadtal sect, who was caught on camera indulging in explicit acts with women, is one of them.