<p>Mafia don-turned-politician Arun Gawli has arrived in his home town to attend and solemnise his only son Mahesh Gawli's wedding to be held on Saturday.<br /><br />The 63-year-old, who was granted a 15-day parole by the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), walked out of jail Tuesday afternoon and returned to Mumbai Wednesday. <br /><br />Convicted for murder and undergoing a life sentence in Nagpur Central Jail, he returned to a grand homecoming in the evening in a convoy of seven busloads of cheering supporters and around dozens of youngsters on motorbikes to his Dagdi Chawl residence in south Mumbai.<br /><br />Mahesh Arun Gawli (27) will tie the knot with Krutika Ahir (20) of Nagpur at a mega-bash planned here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Besides the welcome, Dagdi Chawl, the decrepit complex of tiny tenements, also erupted into festivities and celebrations spilling onto the congested vicinity, inhabited mostly by lower middle-class working people.<br /><br />Thrilled to see her father returning home, Gawli's daughter Geeta, a municipal corporator, said the 'king' has returned though briefly.<br /><br />Geeta told media persons that wedding preparations have been underway for many weeks at their home - a veritable penthouse within the three-storeyed chawl complex, with lavish trappings, well-appointed, air-conditioned rooms and a private lift for 'Daddy' (Gawali's popular name), 'Mummy' Asha and other family members.</p>.<p>Lots of home-made sweets and food stuff, colourful decorations and lighting of the chawl complex, music, dancing and merry making among the residents mark the ongoing pre-wedding celebrations.<br /></p>
<p>Mafia don-turned-politician Arun Gawli has arrived in his home town to attend and solemnise his only son Mahesh Gawli's wedding to be held on Saturday.<br /><br />The 63-year-old, who was granted a 15-day parole by the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), walked out of jail Tuesday afternoon and returned to Mumbai Wednesday. <br /><br />Convicted for murder and undergoing a life sentence in Nagpur Central Jail, he returned to a grand homecoming in the evening in a convoy of seven busloads of cheering supporters and around dozens of youngsters on motorbikes to his Dagdi Chawl residence in south Mumbai.<br /><br />Mahesh Arun Gawli (27) will tie the knot with Krutika Ahir (20) of Nagpur at a mega-bash planned here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Besides the welcome, Dagdi Chawl, the decrepit complex of tiny tenements, also erupted into festivities and celebrations spilling onto the congested vicinity, inhabited mostly by lower middle-class working people.<br /><br />Thrilled to see her father returning home, Gawli's daughter Geeta, a municipal corporator, said the 'king' has returned though briefly.<br /><br />Geeta told media persons that wedding preparations have been underway for many weeks at their home - a veritable penthouse within the three-storeyed chawl complex, with lavish trappings, well-appointed, air-conditioned rooms and a private lift for 'Daddy' (Gawali's popular name), 'Mummy' Asha and other family members.</p>.<p>Lots of home-made sweets and food stuff, colourful decorations and lighting of the chawl complex, music, dancing and merry making among the residents mark the ongoing pre-wedding celebrations.<br /></p>