The Dirty Dozen: Hitmen of the Mumbai Underworld by Khan Gabriel

Author:Khan, Gabriel [Khan, Gabriel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Westland
Published: 2017-11-27T00:00:00+00:00

The ABS Demolisher

At the time, the political scenario in Mumbai was like a rollercoaster ride for politicians. Arun Gawli was no exception. Initially, it seemed as though things had brightened up for him. The Shiv Sena presented him as a Hindu don, pitting him against Dawood. Sena supremo Bal Thackeray had no qualms in siding with a don that was Maharashtrian—something he publically announced after his Dussehra rally in the aftermath of the 1993 riots. Gawli’s association with the Shiv Sena gave him political patronage. But soon, Gawli began suspecting that Bal Thackeray was ignoring him and that the Sena were only using him for his Hindu name. Cracks in their relationship showed when Gawli ordered the killing of Thackeray’s manasputra or godson, Jayant Jadhav, and Sena MLA Rameh More. Gawli believed that Jayant Jadhav was instrumental in Thackeray getting close to his rivals, the Ashwin Naik gang.

Jitendra Dabholkar, the head of the Kamgar Sena, went to met Arun Gawli in jail and convinced him to float a political party. And so Gawli went ahead and formed the Akhil Bharatiya Sena, which had its office inside the fortress-like walls of Dagdi Chawl. It challenged the original sons of the soil, Shiv Sena, on their home ground. Soon, he began to attract all the disgruntled workers from the Shiv Sena. When Gawli got back from jail, he became the president of ABS and Dabholkar became its secretary. The ABS not only stole into the Shiv Sena’s votebank but also took over the Oberoi Hotels and Tata Memorial Hospital unions earlier affiliated with that party.

Within a year of its existence, the ABS had registered nearly 350,000 members in Maharashtra, with another 50,000 in the union. Gawli suddenly appeared as a messiah to the people. Increasingly, hordes of people made a beeline to his chawl to complain about their problems.

The growing political power of Gawli was unsettling for a lot of people. Particularly the D-Company. Gawli seemed to be getting stronger and stronger with both political and public support. Shakeel knew the man behind Gawli’s strength was none other than Dabholkar. He was the backbone of ABS, and eliminating him would leave Gawli handicapped. The only way to destroy Gawli’s political clout was to undermine the growth of ABS. Shakeel picked up his phone and called for his finest shooters. Dabholkar had to be killed, he told them.

Shakeel pressed into service his sharpshooter army including Kalia, Munna Jhingada and Chikna. The trio received the orders and set to work. Munna followed Dabholkar for a few days and figured out his schedule. Then, the three killers fixed a date to shoot Dabholkar dead. On the day, an unsuspecting Dabholkar left Dagdi Chawl as usual in his Armada car. He was aware he was under the scrutiny of the underworld, but never in his wildest dreams had he anticipated the fate that awaited him.

On the day, Chikna wasn’t able to accompany Kalia. Munna asked Kalia to drop the plan—they needed a rider and it would be impossible to carry the killing without Chikna.

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