Mangaluru, Oct 20, 2021: Notorious gangster Suresh Poojary who is said to be a former close associate of another underworld don Ravi Poojary, has been arrested by the Interpol Police in Philippines on October 15.
Suresh Poojary who hails from Malpe had formed his own gang that resorted to threat and extortion calls to businessmen in Mumbai, Thane and other places. It has been gathered that the authorities are trying to get him extradited from Philippines into India.
Suresh Poojary had fled the nation in 2008 following which a Red Corner notice was issued against him by the Mumbai police in 2018. The Thane police had earlier issued a similar notice in 2017.
Sources revealed that Suresh Poojary had as many as eight fake passports.