MUMBAI: Gangster Ravi Pujari 's visit to a salon in Senegal for a haircut proved to be his nemesis.In January 2019, when a policeman called out his real name, the gangster who had assumed the false identity of a man named Anthony, couldn't stop himself from responding. Pujari had been under the radar of various police agencies in the country, but Karnataka police succeeded in getting him to stand trial for offences ranging from murder to extortion.Additional director general of police Amar Kumar Pandey, who had planned the operation, said they worked on every bit of information available for two years before they succeeded in laying their hands on him. "The only photograph we had was from 1994, procured from the Mumbai police," he told TOI.The biggest breakthrough was when they obtained information about Pujari being in Dakar, Senegal.The police shared the information with Senegal authorities. "It took us four months to reach there. He had changed a lot compared to his picture from 20 years ago. He had also changed his name to Anthony Fernandes," said Pandey.They learnt that Pujari was in a salon. "It was difficult to pinpoint who he was. Senegal police secretly followed him, entered the salon and called him by his original name and he responded promptly. He realised that something was amiss. The police there picked him up, but during questioning he claimed he was Anthony Fernandes from Burkina Faso. But the finger prints provided by Mumbai police helped us confirm his identity as Pujari," said Pandey.Pujari, who had challenged his extradition, lost the case on February 19, and on the Interpol 's red corner notice in connection with a double murder, Senegal authorities handed him over to the Karnataka police, who brought him to India on February 24.During the investigation, it transpired that Pujari had been living in Burkina Faso for nearly 12 years, and had constructed a few hotels and restaurants in Senegal, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. Pujari was also involved in textiles and the sale of electronics in Senegal.