In 2019, Pujari was deported to India from Senegal after being detained by local authorities. Since then, he has been lodged in a Bengaluru prison while multiple agencies across the country pursued cases against him
Several areas under the jurisdiction of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), such as Ghodbunder Road, Kalwa and Mumbra have been grappling with a nearly 50% reduction in water supply recently, severely disrupting citizens’ daily lives