Fugitive Gangster Ravi Pujari sent to 7-day police custody by Bengaluru Court

Wanted-gangster Ravi Pujari, who was arrested in South Africa and extrited to India on Monday, has been sent to police custody till March 7 by a Bengaluru court. While sentencing Pujari to police custody, First ditional City Magistrate V Jagdish, said that re should be interference in investigations and has also directed police to record interrogation process. 

On a run for 15 years, Pujari was extrited from Senegal on February 22 pursuant to an extrition request me by India in early 2019. Pujari who is wanted in India for over 200 cases of serious crime including murder and extortion was brought to India by a team of senior officials and arrived at Kempegowda International Airport in Karnataka.

Earlier in day, ditional Director-General of Police Amar Kumar Pandey h informed that Pujari is physically fit and questioning will begin from tomorrow. Furrmore, he ded that Pujari is supporting police in investigation and answering all questions. 

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A team from Karnataka Police was in Senegal to complete extrition process. This comes after Supreme Court of Senegal rejected a plea filed by Ravi Pujari against his extrition to India. Karnataka Police has 39 cases against gangster in Bengaluru, 36 cases in Mangalore, 11 in Udupi, and one each in Mysuru, Hubli-Dharw, Kolar, and Shivamogga.

Mumbai Police has a total of 49 cases against him of which, 26 cases are under stringent MCOCA. In Gujarat, re are around 75 cases of extortion registered against Pujari. 

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Who is Ravi Pujari? 

One of most torious names in underworld, Pujari shuffled between Thailand, Malaysia, Morocco and later heed to West African countries of Burkina Faso, DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Senegal. He ran three restaurants in Senegal. 

fugitive gangster, supposedly mentored by Chhota Rajan, ran hotel chain in West Africa's Senegal under name of Antony Fernandes for close to 8 years. Eventually, Pujari became right hand of Chhota Rajan. In 2000, Dawood Ibrahim reportedly attempted to take Pujari's life in Bangkok. 

As per sources, he has been in Africa for over a dece where he was living a luxurious life with his wife and kids as a hotelier in Dakar. He was arrested from a barbershop on January 21, 2019. In 2019, former JNU student Umar Khalid, Shehla Rashid and Dalit leer Jignesh Mevani h allegedly received death threats from gangster. 

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