Overview
- The Anti-Extortion Cell produced Ravi Pujari before Mumbai’s Esplanade Court, which sent him to police custody until January 27.
- Police say Pujari made repeated threatening calls between October 2016 and February 2018 to Remo D’Souza, his wife and their manager, demanding ₹5 crore for a settlement and ₹50 lakh as extortion.
- Lizelle D’Souza filed an FIR at Amboli police station in March 2018, the case was moved to the Crime Branch, and producer Satyendra Tyagi and an associate were arrested that year.
- Investigators allege Pujari acted at Tyagi’s behest in a dispute over a stalled film project the two men had co-produced.
- Authorities say Senegal has approved prosecution in nine cases against Pujari, including some invoking MCOCA, and further investigation in this extortion matter is underway.