5 members of Ravi Pujari gang arrested

November 27, 2015 22:32

Police have arrested five members of the Ravi Pujari gang with help from a local builder, who was getting extortion calls after his manager was kidnapped, a senior officer said today.

The gangsters, Shrinivas Swami alias Raju (32), Shailesh (24), Sidesh More alias Anna (27), Ganesh Naik alias Bhau (56) and Nitesh Komu alias Raj (25), were apprehended yesterday from Khar area of western suburbs, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Deven Bharti.

According to the police, on Tuesday last the builder lodged a complaint alleging his manager had been kidnapped by gangsters claiming allegiance to Pujari, said to be based overseas, and demanded Rs 75 lakh in extortion money.

The gangsters used to call the complainant from the kidnapped manager's mobile phone and often threatened him and demanded he shell out the money, said Bharti.

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