Arun Gawli secures top slot in exam on Gandhism in Nagpur jail

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Nagpur: Securing the best 74 marks out of 80, underworld don Arun Gawli who is serving his lifer in Nagpur central jail has grabbed top slot in the examination on Gandhian thoughts held last year.

As many as 160 inmates from the jail participated in the exam in which Gawli was one of the candidates. The exam is conducted every year on October 1, by Sahyog Trust and Sarvoday Ashram.

Gawli, also a founder of political outfit Akhil Bharatiya Sena, was pronounced life sentence after found guilty in the murder of Shiv Sena MLA Kamalkar Jamshedekar in 2012.

Besides, he has was involved in other serious criminal cases.

He was arrested by Saki Naka police in Mumbai under section 302, 149, 120B and sections 3(1), 3(2) and 3(4) of IPC.

Last year, a biopic on him was also released. Arjun Rampal played his character in his biopic titled Daddy.

He is notorious for his illegal activities in Dagdi Chaal in Mumbai and he was often called Godfather of that area.