News of gangster Ravi Pujari's arrest in the West African nation of Senegal was doing the rounds on Thursday. The arrest was apparently made on the red corner notice issued by the Central Government on the request of the Karnataka Police as Pujari has made several threatening calls to former Karnataka ministers Ramanath Rai, Abhay Chandra Jain and Haladi Srinivasa Shetty in 2015.

He has more than 50 cases of extortion against him in Karnataka and for allegedly calling top businessmen and threatening them. Sources in the Karnataka Police said, "We have some information of his arrest in a West African country, which is yet to be ascertained. We are in touch with the agencies concerned."