Mumbai: On February 10, Vinay Vijay Tambe (22), James Paul Peremal (28), and Shekar Jadhav (44), went to Shopper's Stop at Nirmal Lifestyle in Mulund (W), and bought trousers and t-shirts worth Rs25000.

All was going well, till it was time to pay up and out came an ICICI credit card.

The sales executive was stunned, when he saw that the name on the transaction slip was none other than SRK. He knew something was terribly wrong especially when the credit card holder signed it as Vinay Vijay Tambe.

The executive made a call to ICICI Bank to verify the card's authenticity and also informed the police about the transaction. The Police then wasted little time in reaching the spot, and arrested the trio under Indian Penal Code sections 34 (common intention) and 420 (cheating). They have been remanded to police custody till February 18.

Shahrukh confirmed the story through an SMS to a newspaper.

The Mulund police says the card was not forged. "ICICI Bank has confirmed that the card belongs to Khan. We are trying to find out whether it was stolen or if he lost it. And, of course, the big question is how did it come into Tambe's hands," says Senior Police Inspector Prakash Landge, Mulund police station.

The trio's version, was that they found the card lying on a road in SantaCruz a few days prior to their arrest.

The Mulund police got in touch with their counterparts at Bandra to check if SRK had registered any complaint on a lost credit card. "They told us that he had lodged a complaint on his passport being lost. We are now investigating the exact source of the credit card," Landge said.

The police might soon contact SRK on the matter.