By 2012, Mumbai had a long history of organized crime—from Haji Mastan, Dawood Ibrahim, to Arun Gawli. Gawli’s gang operated from the Dagdi Chawl area in Byculla and was involved in extortion, contract killing, and real estate rackets. The police had been tracking their movements for months.
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