Mumbai, Aug. 14 (PTI): Mumbai police today arrested four people for leaking online an episode of the popular fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.

Three of the accused are employees of Prime Focus Technology while the fourth is a former employee of the company, the police said.

The company, which processes the series for online streaming service Hotstar, had lodged a complaint saying the fourth episode of Season 7 had become available online before its scheduled release on August 7.

A court remanded the accused in police custody till August 21. Deputy commissioner of police Akbar Pathan said the possible motive behind the leak of the episode was yet to be ascertained.

A case has been registered under the penal code's Section 408 (criminal breach of trust by an employee) and provisions of the Information Technology Act.