Ravi Pujari started his criminal career in 1980s and by 21st century he formed his own gang. As per the
Sydney Morning Herald, Pujari was believed to be hiding in Australia then and had an Australian passport. He often called up the police claiming to have targeted people close to Dawood or his aide Chhota Shakeel. On 13 February 2016 over the controversy of
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) protests, Ravi Pujari threatened to eliminate
islamist hardliner
Hurriyat faction
Syed Ali Shah Geelani. In 2017 and 2018, various activists in India including students and MLAs filed police complaints that they were receiving death threats from Ravi Pujari, now in Australia. In 2019 Kerala MLA
P. C. George complained that he got threats from Ravi Pujari as death threats for his kids. Kerala Police verified that Mr George got calls from Senegal. From 2009 to 2013, Pujari threatened many Bollywood actors like
Salman Khan,
Akshay Kumar,
Karan Johar,
Rakesh Roshan, and
Shahrukh Khan. Ravi Pujari threatened
Shah Rukh Khan for his relationship with
Karim Morani who is a friend and business partner of Shah Rukh Khan. While he was in Senegal, he ran a restaurant chain called ‘Namaste India’ with nine outlets in
western Africa. He provided drinking water facilities in various rural areas which were affected by
water scarcity and made donations in the region. His philanthropy related work was also noted by the regional newspapers of the region. ==Arrest==