In 1998 , noted social worker Anna Hazare was briefly imprisoned here after he lost a defamation suit , and Bollywood film actor Sanjay Dutt in 2007 and among other noted criminals , scamster Telgi and former underworld don Arun Gawli started his political career while being lodged in this jail , and is currently serving a life sentence here , in a murder case . The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacker , Ajmal Kasab who was jailed in 2008 , was hanged and buried here on 21 November 2012 . From 2002 to 2008 , a noted smuggler from Singapore , Major Paul , was transferred here from Kolhapur Jail . He went on to study law in prison and became a noted prison activist . His petitions to the Bombay High Court resulted in the release of scores of prisoners wrongly imprisoned there . After his release , he continued his prison social works from Pune . Amongst his noted achievements were the changes made to the Prison Furlough rules via his own Furlough Application to the Bombay High Court . His life story was made into a TV serial episode shown on Sony TV under the " Prayaschit " series . He is currently an Ordained Pastor of the Protestant Church
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Yerawada Central Jail