Interpol officials, with help from India's external intelligence agency RAW, have reportedly arrested wanted gangster Hemant Poojary abroad as efforts continue to bring him back to India. Police say Poojary was wanted in connection with more than 25 serious criminal cases, including the murder of businessman David D'Souza in Udupi. Several sources claim the arrest happened in Malaysia a few weeks ago, while others say he was apprehended in Myanmar. The exact details were not confirmed, and Maharashtra Police are also said to have contributed. Poojary was considered one of India’s most wanted criminals after his name surfaced in connection with the Mudrangady murder in August 7. Investigators later learnt he was alive after other accused in the case revealed details. For nearly 10 years, police had reportedly presumed he had died due to ill health, after he disappeared for almost a decade. His past allegedly spans a series of murders and violent crimes, including the killings of builder Shaukat Sarkar in Mumbai in 1999 and hotel owners Mohammed Shafi and Jaya Shetty in 2001, as well as the killing of Mumbai hotel businessman Ratnakar Shetty on December 21, 2001. After Maharashtra police and Mumbai police traced that he was abroad, a Red Corner Notice was issued. Information from within his close circle reportedly helped authorities locate him, leading to the arrest. Efforts are now underway to return Poojary to India so he can face the cases registered against him.