<img title="Dossa loved popcorn and had packets with him at all times. Illustration/Ravi Jadhav" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/jun/Royal-Jail-Dossa.jpg" alt="Dossa loved popcorn and had packets with him at all times. Illustration/Ravi Jadhav" /> Dossa loved popcorn and had packets with him at all times. Illustration/Ravi Jadhav
The Arthur Road Jail will have no more iftaar parties or sehri treats, as their patron Mustafa Dossa, fondly known as 'Dayawan', the generous man, is no more. Abdul Wahid Shaikh, an accused in the July 11, 2006 bomb blasts who was later acquitted, spent almost nine years of his jail term with Dossa.
A bed, mattress and TV "How can I forget the man? We had lunch, dinner, played badminton and cricket and also read newspapers. I spent almost 9 years with him in the jail," said Shaikh.
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Shaikh said Dossa was a kind man. "He used to see to it that proper sehri, iftaar and dinner is served to the inmates during Ramzan. He even sent a money order of Rs 2,000 for around 500 inmates in 2012, a total of Rs 10 lakh," added Shaikh.
Shaikh claimed jail authorities had tried to stop all of Dossa's facilities for inmates, but he would come up with new ideas, but that too with permission from court.
Diwali was also celebrated in a grand way. "He would fulfil the demands of all jail authorities, from the seniors to the constables, by giving them TVs, ACs, home theatre, anything they demanded. It was an order," added an inmate.
Branded man, branded clothes Dossa kept up quite the lavish lifestyle. "Usually, he used to wear a white lungi and kurta. He'd wear a new dress every time he went to court and get a new one while coming back. He was a branded man wearing branded clothes. He'd shown me a diamond-studded watch he was wearing worth Rs 70 lakh," said an inmate.
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Weekly darbars Dossa's day began at 5 am with tea and a cigarette, after which he'd exercise and then head to court.
"He used to get homemade tiffin in court. If he was not going to court, he'd get tiffin in jail, then snacks at 4 pm. Almost 10-15 inmates would serve him daily by washing his clothes, ironing them and serving him medicine, as well as massaging him," said an inmate.
Dossa would also hold darbars in jail on weekends where he'd solve inmates' problems.
"Dossa was the king of the jail and the jail authorities too used to follow him many times," added Shaikh.
Rs 10L Amount he sent in money orders to 500 inmates

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The Arthur Road Jail will have no more iftaar parties or sehri treats, as their patron Mustafa Dossa, fondly known as 'Dayawan', the generous man, is no more

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