Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the Anti-Terrorism Squad to probe the allegation that Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse received phone calls from fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s house in Karachi.
“Both I and the Chief Minister wanted the matter to be investigated...So the Chief Minister has asked ATS to probe it,” Mr. Khadse told reporters on Wednesday.
Mr. Khadse, the senior-most BJP leader in the State Cabinet, claimed he had documents to prove that his mobile phone was hacked to show as if calls were made, and added that he would hand over all the evidence in this regard to the investigating agencies.
The beleaguered Minister said the matter was already being investigated by the cyber crime cell and the local police, and the Director General of Police was supervising the probe. AAP spokesperson Preeti Sharma Menon, had levelled the allegation against Khadse last week.
