Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse's number seen in Dawood Ibrahim's call logs. Its shocking: Preeti Sharma Menon
Aam Aadmi Party leader Preeti Sharma Menon has called for Maharashtra cabinet minister Eknath Khadse's resignation after reports emerged that he has been in touch with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim who is believed to be living in Pakistan. Based on the information revealed by ethical hacker Manish Bhangale, India Today had reported that several calls were made from Dawood's phone to a number that is registered in Khadse's name.
According to India Today, the Maharashtra government has ordered a probe to figure out whether calls were made from the number registered at the gangster’s residence in Karachi. Khadse, while accepting it was his number says he never spoke to the gangster or to his family members.
In a series of tweets, AAP’s Preeti Sharma Menon attacked Khadse, saying he had to reisgn.
She said: “Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse’s number seen in Dawood Ibrahim’s call logs. Its shocking. Minister Eknath Khadse has to resign, otherwise a free and fair investigation cannot take place.”
Khadse has agreed to the fact that the number shown in Dawood’s call logs are indeed related to him. But the minister has denied speaking to the don. “I don’t know why my numbers are showing there. But I have never spoken to him. The truth will be revealed after the investigation,” he said.
Earlier, an Indian Today report claims that the underworld don was in touch with some Indian politicians as well.
Analysis of the numbers reveal that the don’s family has been calling India frequently. The call details were allegedly made available to India Today by a Vadodora-based ethical hacker Manish Bhangale and his partner Jayant Shah. The numbers reportedly belong to the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and bills have been generated for these numbers till March 2016.
The media house reported that one of the numbers belonged to a senior Maharashtra leader from a major political party but declined to name him.
Ethical hacker Manish Bhangale was quoted by India Today as saying: “I was able to get the call records of the telephone numbers registered at Dawood Ibrahim's address by hacking into the website of PTCL and typing in the Customer Identity and Exchange Code for the telephone numbers that were registered in Mehjabeen Shaikh's name. The public directories of Pakistan also show that these numbers are registered at the same Clifton address. Dawood does not have telephone connections in his own name. All the connections are in the name of his wife."
The 66-year-old is wanted in connection with the 1993 serial blasts which led to 257 deaths and 717 injuries. While one of his associates, Yakub Memon was hanged in July 2015, his brother Tiger is still at large.
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