Arun Gawli
| Arun Gawli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 09-04-1955 Kopargaon, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra |
| Other names | Daddy |
| Occupation | Gangster |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Criminal charge | Murder |
| Spouse(s) | Asha Gawli |
Arun Gawli (full name Arun Gulab ahir) is a gangster-turned-politician in Mumbai, India . He married Asha Gawli and has two children. Gawli and his brother Kishor (Pappa) entered crimeworld in the 1970s when they joined the "Byculla Company", a criminal gang led by Rama Naik and Babu Reshim in Central Mumbai areas of Byculla, Parel and Saat Rasta.
In 1988, after Rama Naik was shot down in a police encounter, Gawli took over the gang and began operating it from his residence, Dagdi Chawl and his gang controlled most criminal activities in Central Mumbai areas.
Throughout the late eighties and nineties, the Gawli gang was the arch rival of D-company (Dawood Ibrahim gang) to control Mumbai's underworld. Gawli is also the founder of political party Akhil Bharatiya Sena based in Maharashtra.
Asha Gawli is the wife of Arun Gulab Ahir, she is also member of the Legislative Assembly for Maharashtra. Asha Gawli was a Muslim with the name Zubeida Mujawar before she got married to Arun Gawli. Mahesh is the son and Geeta age 23 is a first term ABS corporator from Arun Gawli's stronghold in the Chinchpokli assembly constituency is the daughter. MLA and former Maharashtra Minister of state for housing Sachin Ahir is the nephew of Arun Gawli. and legislator from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh Hukumchand Yadav is his uncle.
From the nineteen seventies to late eightees, Mumbai's textile mill industry witnessed mass strikes and eventual lock-outs. Mumbai's mills were located in the central areas of Parel, Chinchpokli, Byculla and Cotton Green.
As a result, many young adults had no employment and eventually found a short-cut to quick money through matka and hafta-vasuli.
Arun Gawli was one of them. In the early eighties, he joined the formidable gang called "The Byculla Company" led by gangsters Rama Naik and Babu Reshim.
In 1984, Rama Naik had helped Dawood Ibrahim to eliminate his arch-rival Samad Khan, the leader of the Pathan gang. From 1984-88, the Byculla Company supported the local criminal activities for Dawood Ibrahim who had escaped police arrest and settled in Dubai.
In 1988, however Rama Naik and Sharad Shetty had major differences over a land deal at Jogeshwari and Dawood supported Sharad Shetty which enraged Naik who insulted Dawood. In late 1988, Rama Naik was killed in a police encounter.
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