Career
He was in charge of the Crime Branch division and was noted for his intelligence network. Petigara was also awarded the Imperial Service Order. He was called by the honorific title "Khan Bahadur".
He joined the police force as a sub-inspector at the Crime Investigation Department (Criminal Investigations Department), and gradually rose through the ranks.
Despite being a staunch loyalist of the British Indian government, he was respected by Indian freedom fighters. When Mahatma Gandhi applied for a passport in 1931 to attend the second Round Table Conference in London, Petigara was cited as one of his references.
He retired from the police force in 1936. On 1940-1906-08 a statue of him was erected for the "valuable services rendered to the city".
The statue is located near Metro Adlabs in South Mumbai.
He died on 28 March 1941.