Arun Gulab Ahir was already an established gangster when he married
Zubeida Mujawar, aka Asha. Like his father, he had first landed himself a
job at Shakti Mills in Mahalaxmi at the young age of twenty. It was
when Arun shifted to Crompton Greaves Ltd in Kanjurmarg, that he began
to get involved with the underworld.
He joined hands with his old friend and schoolmate Rama Naik, and the two got involved in several local intrangang brawls. He shot to fame when he, along with his accomplice Naik and another goon Babu Reshim (a leader of the canteen workers in the Mazgaon docks), murdered Parasnath Pandey-who ran major matka and liquor rackets-in 1980. They killed Pandey in order to gain control ofthe collection of matka and liquor money in central Mumbai.
He joined hands with his old friend and schoolmate Rama Naik, and the two got involved in several local intrangang brawls. He shot to fame when he, along with his accomplice Naik and another goon Babu Reshim (a leader of the canteen workers in the Mazgaon docks), murdered Parasnath Pandey-who ran major matka and liquor rackets-in 1980. They killed Pandey in order to gain control ofthe collection of matka and liquor money in central Mumbai.