"No official information about Ravi Pujary's arrest yet" Police commissioner TR Suresh
Main accused of Advocate Naushad Kashimji murder case
Mangaluru: City Police Commissioner TR Suresh said that he has no information about the arrest of fugitive underworld don Ravi Pujary.
He further claimed that he came to know about Pujary’s arrest through media reports. “We have more than 30 cases registerered againt him in Mangaluru which includes murder, extortions and others". Suresh added
Pujary was also the main accused in Advocate Naushad Kashimji murder case of 2009, and is also wanted in a extortion case in 2008.
Other cases against Pujary are under investigation while few other are in proceeding in the court.
Speaking of the Red corner notice against Pujary, Suresh said “A red corner notice was issued against him in 2012, which was renewed after five years in 2017”.
The reports of Pujary’s arrest by Senegal police broke into media on January 31, the reports had further added that the Senegal police is soon expected to hand over the dreaded underworld man to Indian police.
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Shashi Tharoor calls for regulation and taxation instead of banning online gaming
New Delhi(PTI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday criticised the government’s move to ban online money gaming, warning that such a step would only push the industry underground and strengthen criminal networks.
He also said he had not studied the three Constitution amendment bills seeking to provide a framework for the removal of prime ministers, Union ministers, chief ministers and state ministers detained on serious criminal charges in any detail.
“On the face of it, it is difficult to say it has any problem, but obviously if anyone does something wrong they should not be a minister anyway. I don’t know if there is any other motive,” he remarked.
Discussing the bill seeking to prohibit and regulate online gaming introduced in the Lok Sabha, he said, "I had written a very long article on the argument that by banning online gaming we are simply driving it underground, whereas it could be a useful source of revenue for the government if we legalise it, regulate it and tax it."
He added that many countries have studied the issue in detail and concluded that regulation and taxation can generate funds for social causes, while bans merely enrich “criminal mafias”.
In a post on X, Tharoor recalled that he had “gone on record in 2018 urging the government to legalise, regulate and tax online gaming, rather than drive it underground by banning it, which will merely enhance the profits of the mafia”.
“It’s a pity that the government seems to have derived no lessons from the experience of other countries that have considered this issue,” he wrote.
He added that the bill should at least have been referred to a parliamentary committee “to consider all the pros and cons before rushing it into law”.
The proposed bill prohibits online money gaming and its advertisements, prescribing imprisonment or fines, or both, for violators. It differentiates such games from eSports and online social games, while calling for their promotion.
1/2 I went on record in 2018 urging the government to legalise, regulate and tax online gaming, rather than drive it underground by banning it, which will merely enhance the profits of the mafia. https://t.co/KYi2aTxDQQ
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 20, 2025
