India-based Maharastrian gangster Arun Gawli, out on bail, returns back to his stronghold Dagdi Chawl, Byculla, Mumbai. The gangster’s return shows his power by not fleeing the country, making him the only Mumbai don staying back after several criminal cases lodged after him.
Arun Gawli returns to perform devi’s aarti in the pooja pandal of his chawl on the auspicious occasion of Navratri. His return was marked by a grand welcome bestowed by the residence of the Chawl.
The late Balasaheb Thackeray publicly hailed him as a ‘Hindu Don’.
#WATCH | #Mumbai's '#Hindu' Don #ArunGawli Visited His Bastion Dagdi Chawl In #Byculla For #Navratri. Gawli, Who Is Out Of Jail On Parole Was Seen Performing Aarti With His Wife Asha Arun Gawli.
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Who is Arun Gawli?
Arun Gulab Ahir is an Indian politician, underworld don and retired gangster. Gawli and his brother Kishor (Pappa) entered the Mumbai Underworld in the 1970s, when they joined the “Byculla Company”, a criminal gang led by Rama Naik and Babu Reshim.
Arun Gawli was in a political struggle with Dawood Ibrahim and his D company. Back in the 1980s, The Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray referred to him (Gawli) and his team as amchi mulgey (our boys).