Police stated the aide was needed in reference to an extortion case, the place gangster Ravi Pujari had made an extortion name demanding Rs 10 crore from Mahendra Pamnani of Roma Builders in 2017. (Image: X/File)
Immigration officers picked up the accused when he arrived at the Mumbai airport on a flight from the UAE and handed him over to the Thane crime department
Police have arrested an aide of gangster Ravi Pujari, needed in reference to an extortion case, from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, an official stated on Friday.
The police on Thursday arrested Vijay Purushottam Salvi alias Vijay Tambat, who has been booked below the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), the official from the town crime department stated.
An offence below part 385 (extortion) and different related provisions of the Indian Penal Code and MCOCA had been registered towards Salvi, who had escaped from the nation, and the police had issued a lookout round for him, he stated.
Immigration officers picked up Salvi when he arrived at the airport on a flight from the UAE and handed him over to the crime department officers of Thane metropolis police, the official stated.
According to the police, Salvi was needed in reference to an extortion case, whereby gangster Ravi Pujari had made an extortion name, demanding Rs 10 crore from Mahendra Pamnani of Roma Builders in 2017. Pujari had additionally allegedly threatened to kill Pamnani and despatched sharpshooters to the builder’s workplace in Thane, they stated.
The police had arrested the alleged accused with firearms, the official stated. Salvi additionally has circumstances of try and homicide and offences registered below the Arms Act registered towards him with the Kasturba Marg, Samta Nagar and Kasarwadavali police stations, he stated.
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