Mumbai : Underworld don Ravi Pujari’s wife Padma and his 14-year-old son were detained at Mumbai international airport late evening on Monday, after they arrived from Singapore. Though Intelligence Bureau sources said the duo was deported to India, Mumbai police maintained they were arrested when they landed from Bangkok.

Their arrests are likely to build pressure on Pujari, who in the last two years has threatened at least 47 people in Mumbai Pune, Bangalore and Mangalore. Unconfirmed reports said he may be deported soon.

Police said Padma was on a red corner notice and was detained as soon as she landed.

Senior police officials refused to clarify whether the duo was caught while shuffling from Australia to Singapore or Bangkok and then deported to India.

Interestingly, his wife and son’s deportation has come on the day when JJ Marg police registered a fresh case against Pujari for threatening Gulzar Azmi, secretary of Jamiat Ul-ulemma’s legal cell, for representing suspected terrorists in court.

Former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma had arrested Padma in 2005 in a fake passport case. Padma had forged documents to obtain her passport and those of her two daughters. She was released on bail after a month, but she fled the country within six months by secretly making another passport from Mangalore. Since then, a lookout notice was issued against her.

Mangaluru Police Commissioner, R. Hithendra said the two were detained for alleged possession of fake passports. According to intelligence inputs, Mr. Hithendra said the two are stated to be the wife and son of Ravi Poojary.

The city’s Mangaluru South police had issued look out notice against Ravi Poojary’s wife and son in 2012.

Mr. Hithendra said a team of city police officers have been sent to Mumbai to join the Mumbai police in the detailed questioning of the two persons.