India, Oct. 11 -- In a significant breakthrough for Mumbai Police, the government of Senegal has granted permission to prosecute dreaded gangster Raviprakash Sulya Pujari, better known in Mumbai's underworld as Ravi Pujari, in nine additional cases, including three under the stringent MCOCA.

The 56-year-old don, who is currently lodged in a Bengaluru jail, was extradited from the West African nation in February 2020. Under the terms of his extradition, India was initially allowed to try him in only ten of the 52 criminal cases registered against him in Maharashtra, most of them in Mumbai. Now, the new approval paves the way for police to pursue more charges linked to his sprawling extortion and murder network.

"We had sought Senegal's p...