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Extortion case: Court gives benefit of doubt to gangster Suresh Pujari and 11 others, acquits them
Updated On: 06 May, 2025 03:19 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
According to the FIR, two armed assailants barged into Ulhasnagar-based real estate developer Sumit Chakravorthy's office on July 11, 2016, and attempted to fire at the staff. They left behind a threatening envelope inscribed "S.P. Suresh Pujari"

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In a setback to the prosecution in a 2016 builder extortion bid case, an MCOCA court in Thane has acquitted gangster Suresh Pujari and 11 others, noting that investigators have failed to carry out a comprehensive probe and submit clinching evidence, reported news agency PTI.
A copy of the April 30 order was made available on Tuesday.
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