Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday obtained the custody of gangster Ravi Pujari from Bengaluru police for questioning him in a money laundering case.
The gangster, facing over 200 cases including murder and extortion, was arrested in Senegal this February.
The gangster, who parted ways with underworld gangster Chhota Rajan, had jumped bail after he was arrested in Senegal in 2019 and had escaped to South Africa, where he was involved in drug trafficking and extortion.
Earlier, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru Police had arrested, Gulam, an associate of Pujari. During interrogation, Gulam revealed about Pujari's involvement in the hawala money laundering case, sources said.
ED has decided to grill Pujari based on the statements of Gulam and other information which the CCB of Bengaluru Police collected.
Pujari, who is a wanted fugitive in many cases including extortion and murder in different parts of the country, had been on the run for the last 15 years. He was extradited to India from Senegal in February 2019.
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