Underworld don Ravi Pujari extradited to India from South Africa

NEW DELHI: Dreaded underworld don Ravi Pujari, operating from overseas, has been extradited to India from South Africa where he was arrested. Pujari, who parted ways with underworld don Chhota Rajan, had jumped bail from Senegal last year and had escaped to South Africa, where he was involved in big-time drug trafficking and extortion.

Pujari would be flown to Bengaluru. He is being brought to India by the Karnataka Police on an Air France flight via Paris. Sources in Indian Intelligence said that Pujari, who was hiding with a false identity of Anthony Fernandes, a Burkina Faso passport holder, was nabbed in a remote village in South Africa. On a tip-off from Indian intelligence, the Senegal police airdashed to South Africa last week. Pujari, 52, wanted in over 200 cases of heinous crimes, including murder and extortion, was detained with the help of South African agencies. Sources in Mumbai Police said that Pujari's arrest has not yet been confirmed officially but the Ministry of External Affairs is in touch with its mission in South Africa. (IANS)

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