Arun Gulab Gawli was born on 17 July 1955 and known as Arun Gulab Ahir, is an Indian politician, underworld don and retired gangster.
18 Facts About Arun Gawli
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In 1988, after Rama Naik was killed in a police encounter, Arun Gawli took over the gang and began operating it from his residence, Dagdi Chawl.
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Arun Gawli is the founder of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena political party based in Maharashtra.
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Arun Gawli was born in Kopargaon, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India.
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Arun Gawli married Zubeida Mujawar, who later became Asha Gawli after marriage and converted to Hinduism.
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Arun Gawli was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Maharashtra and they both have five children, two sons and three daughters including Mahesh and Geeta, Yogita, Yatika Geeta is a first term ABS corporator from the Chinchpokli assembly constituency.
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Arun Gawli's nephew Sachin Ahir is an MLA and is the former Maharashtra Minister of State for Housing.
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Arun Gawli's uncle Hukumchand Yadav was a legislator from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh.
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When his friend from Crompton Greaves Sada Pawle joined this gang, Arun Gawli was quick to join the Byculla Company as he and Rama Naik were schoolmates and he knew Babu Reshim through Dilip Prabhu who was the workers union leader at Crompton Greaves.
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Naik and Arun Gawli stopped managing Dawood's operations in Central Mumbai.
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Arun Gawli realized that this encounter was done at the behest of Dawood and swore revenge.
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The brutal gang-war continued until Arun Gawli was arrested by the police and imprisoned in 1994, again at the behest of Dawood.
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Arun Gawli was arrested several times for criminal activities and was detained for long periods during the trial.
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Arun Gawli was finally convicted of the murder of Shiv Sena leader Kamlakar Jamsandekar by a court in August 2012.
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However, Arun Gawli fell out with Shiv Sena in the mid-1990s, murdered Shiv Sena men and formed his own political party, the Akhil Bharatiya Sena.
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In 2004, Arun Gawli was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Mumbai Chinchpokli constituency as an Akhil Bharatiya Sena candidate.
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Arun Gawli's rise in prominence is believed to be due to his "native roots" as a local lad, which makes him distinct from most other non-Marathi-speaking politicians.
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Arun Gawli's daughter Geeta was an ex-corporator to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.