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Underworld don leaves jail, teaches yoga
NDTV Correspondent, Thursday October 29, 2009, Mumbai

Once, his name induced fear.

Now, he hopes it will help calm nerves.

D K Rao, once a key aide of gangster Chhota Rajan, says he wants to set-up an institute that teaches yoga. The Vedic meditation, he says, helped him evolve into a better person. He now wants his neighbours in Mumbai's Dharavi to benefit from it too.

Rao was recently released after 13 years in jail. He had completed most of his sentences and was acquitted in over 30 other cases. Said to have run Chota Rajan's network from inside Mumbai's high security Arthur Road Jail, Rao was accused of crimes ranging from murder to extortion.
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Posted by Baba on Oct 31, 2009
YES THERE IS LIGHT. LET ALL PRISONERS BE ENABLED TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS & FEEL THE LIGHT OF LOVE!
Posted by Indian on Oct 29, 2009
Yoga has healing powers. All serving jail sentences should be given this opportunity to learn from their mistakes.
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