Mumbai Police file supplementary chargesheet against Ravi Pujari

An officer said in 2017, a developer was nominated by Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to oversee redevelopment of a cluster of 500 slums in partnership with a builder. However, the developer later realised that the builder did not have permission from majority of the slum residents and informed SRA.

Pujari had then made a threat call to the developer and asked him to cooperate with the builder, and demanded money.

Following this, the developer approached police, following which an FIR was registered. “We filed a chargesheet against Pujari in connection with this case on Tuesday. We will submit chargesheets in the rest of the cases soon,” an officer said.

Pujari was extradited from Senegal to India last February. Initially, Karnataka Police got his custody. The Mumbai Police got his custody in February, this year. Later, Kerala Police got his custody and he returned to a Bengaluru prison on Tuesday.