Asha Gawli is the wife of Arun Gawli

Arun Gawli

Arun Gulab Gawli , known to his followers as "Daddy", is an alleged criminal turned politician from Mumbai, India. He is based at Dagdi Chawl in Byculla- Saat Rasta, Mumbai...

, member of the Legislative Assembly

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 for Maharashtra

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. Asha Gawli was a Muslim with the name Ayesha before she got married to Arun Gawli. She was investigated in 1998 for the murder of a man connected with her husband, a former underworld figure. On December 19, 2004, Mumbai

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 police registered a complaint against her for alleged assault and wrongful confinement of a woman. According to the Indian Express she was arrested and accused of beating a woman named Sushma Sawant with sticks. She was later released. In addition to campaigning for her husband (including during his imprisonment), she stood herself for the Legislative Assembly for Khed

Khed

Khed is an industrial city with a municipal council in Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is surrounded by a number of villages, including Khopi, Savnas, Bahirwali, Furus, Karji, Tise, Rajawel, Panhalje, Lote, Kondivali, Shiv, Mani, Nandgaon, Ashti, Shirgaon, Sakhroli,...

-Alandi in 1999.

Sources

• "Cops Worried About Campaigning Gawli." The Times of India
  The Times of India
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  , September 3, 1999.
• "Asha Gawli Held, Released on Bail in Assault Case." Indian Express, December 21, 2004.