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Arun Gawli, Notorious Gangster, Walks Out of Jail After 17-Year Sentence

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Arun Gawli, the 70-year-old gangster turned politician, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court, allowing him to walk out of jail after nearly two decades behind bars. Gawli, known by the alias "Daddy," had been serving life imprisonment for the 2007 murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar. The Supreme Court noted that Gawli had spent 17 years and three months in prison and that his appeal was still pending.

Key Takeaways:

  • Arun Gawli, 70, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court after serving 17 years and three months in prison for the 2007 murder of Kamlakar Jamsandekar.
  • Gawli was a member of the Dagdi Chawl gang, a rival of Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company, and was involved in various criminal activities, including extortion and contract killings.
  • Gawli entered politics in the late 1990s and founded the Akhil Bharatiya Sena party, winning the Chinchpokli Assembly seat in Mumbai and serving as MLA from 2004 to 2009.
  • Gawli was arrested in 2006 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 by a Mumbai sessions court, with a fine of Rs 17 lakh imposed.
  • The Bombay High Court upheld the verdict in 2019, and Gawli then approached the Supreme Court, which granted bail subject to conditions set by the trial court.
  • Arun Gawli was born in 1955 in Kopargaon, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.
  • Gawli's gang was involved in extortion and contract killings, rivaling Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company.
  • Gawli served as MLA from 2004 to 2009 in the Marathi Assembly seat of Chinchpokli.

Statistics:

  • 17 years and three months: the duration of Arun Gawli's imprisonment.
  • Rs 17 lakh: the fine imposed on Arun Gawli by the Mumbai sessions court.
  • 2010: The year when Arun Gawli began serving his life imprisonment sentence.
  • 2019: The year when the Bombay High Court upheld the verdict of the Mumbai sessions court.
  • 70: The age of Arun Gawli.
  • 2007: The year in which Arun Gawli was convicted for murdering Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar.

Sources:

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