Dreaded Underworld Don Ravi Pujari arrested
New Delhi, Jan.31: Notorious underworld don Ravi Pujari who was absconding in foreign countries since fifteen years has been arrested in West African nation of Senegal on Thursday, media reports suggest.
Ravi Poojary was wanted by Indian authorities in more than 60 cases. Bengaluru police had requested Interpol to issue red corner notice against him.
As the news of Poojari's arrest was confirmed Indian authorities will now urge the Senegal counterparts to extradite him to India.
Ravi Poojari was running his underworld empire in India through his accomplices. He was hiding in Australia and Dubai since 15 years.
Poojari after working under several Mumbai based underworld dons launched his own group and continued his cruel act of murder and extortion. He and Chota Rajan were close aides of Dawood Ibrahim in 1990's. Chota Rajan was arrested in 2015 in Bali, Indonesia. Currently he is under arrest.
Earlier this month two accomplices of Ravi Pujari, William Rodricks and Aakash Shetty was arrested by Mumbai police. They have been charged under MCOCA.
Ravi Poojari made headlines after he threatened to eliminate anti national voices including Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani following students' agitation in JawaharLal Nehru University.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
