Gangster Ravi Attends Mother’s Funeral in Udupi Under Tight Security

Jailed underworld gangster Ravi Pujari was brought under heavy police escort to his ancestral home in Malpe in Udupi district of Karnataka to attend the funeral rites of his mother on Saturday.

A court had granted him conditional permission to leave custody for the last rites.

According to officials, he was transported from Bengaluru on Friday under arrangements



made by prison authorities and the Deputy Commissioner of Police, City Armed Reserve (South), Adugodi. Udupi district police provided additional security during his stay in the district.

The court directed that the entire expenditure on the police escort be borne by Pujari. After the ceremonies, scheduled for 11 a m on Saturday at the family residence in Nergi, he was taken back into custody.