Ravi Pujari is an India

India

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-based gangster

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He started his criminal career at Andheri, Mumbai

Mumbai

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. He is a school dropout, but speaks English

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, Kannada, Hindi

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 and Tulu

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. He was a small-time criminal till he killed Bala Zalte, a rival. He joined gangster Chhota Rajan who took a liking to him.

He moved to Dubai

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 in the late 1990s and extorted from builders and hoteliers. They parted ways after Dawood Ibrahim made an attempt on Rajan’s life in Bangkok

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, Thailand

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in 2000.

Pujari is believed to be hiding in Australia now. He often calls up the police claiming to have targeted people close to Dawood or his aide Chhota Shakeel.