India, Jan. 23 -- Gangster Ravi Pujari, already serving time in a Bengaluru jail, was arrested and produced in a Mumbai court on Thursday, for allegedly threatening choreographer and film producer Remo D'Souza and attempting to extort money from him.

Police said the case dates back to 2018, when D'Souza fell out with his business partner, Satyendra Tyagi, who allegedly contracted Pujari to help him extort money from D'Souza.

Although more than seven years old, the case has been resurrected as part of a list submitted by the Indian government to the authorities in Senegal, in West Africa, from where Pujari was extradited in 2020. The list, the second such submission made a few months ago, forms part of the extradition proceedings, which ...