Ravi Pujari remanded to police custody

umbai police's anti-extortion cell brought Gangster Ravi Pujari to Crime Branch after he was produced before MCOCA court, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. The court remanded Pujari in the custody of Mumbai police till March 9 in a case of firing in 2016. Credit: PTI Photo

Notorious underworld gangster Ravi Pujari – who is wanted in nearly 49 cases in Mumbai – was on Tuesday remanded to police custody till 9 March.

The Mumbai police on Monday took custody of Pujari from Bengalaru jail.

“He is wanted in 49-odd cases. Mumbai had listed 10 cases in the Senegal court, on the basis of which he had been extradited. We will be investigating him in the 10 cases,” Mumbai Police’s joint commissioner of police (crime) Milind Bharmabe said.

The cases include murders, attempted murders and extradition. “We have got the custody in the first case,” he said.

As far as the remaining cases are concerned, the Mumbai police is in touch with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs to secure his extradition in the rest of the cases.

The cases include murders, attempted murders and extradition. “We have got the custody in the first case,” he said.

In Mumbai, he faces charges under Indian Penal Code and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act among others.