Mumbai Crime Branch's Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) on Tuesday arrested a man who was allegedly in contact with fugitive wanted gangster Prasad Pujari. Shah had allegedly introduced a Kalbadevi based businessman to Pujari who wanted the gangster's help to settle his financial dispute with a friend. According to the police, the friend of the businessman filed a complaint after he received threat calls from Pujari. The arrested accused identified as Mitesh Shah (38), a south Mumbai resident was produced before the court and remanded police custody till February 21.

The AEC had earlier arrested the businessman identified as Popatlal Porwal a day before arresting Shah in connection to the same case. According to an officer, “Porwal who was working in Kalbadevi, was arrested for allegedly approaching Prasad Pujari to help him settle a financial dispute. The gangster allegedly made several phone calls to another person, who is also a businessman and demanded Rs 4 crore."