GANGSTER Suresh Pujari, wanted in several extortion cases in Mumbai region and Karnataka who was on the run for over 15 years, has been deported to India, a senior police official said on Wednesday. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Wednesday took custody of Pujari in Delhi and brought him to Mumbai in connection with cases registered against him in Thane city, an official said. Pujari, wanted in extortion cases in Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar and Dombivli near Mumbai, was brought back to India late Tuesday night after he was arrested and deported from the Philippines.

 

Intelligence Bureau (IB) and CBI officials took his custody after he landed at Delhi airport, the official said. An ATS team, led by DCP Rajkumar Shinde, went to Delhi to take Pujari’s custody on Tuesday evening. He was brought to Mumbai on Wednesday morning by a flight, the official said. All the cases registered against Pujari in Thane city were transferred to the Maharashtra ATS on orders of the state Director General of Police’s (DGP) office, he said.