<div>The hacker who procured call record data of a Pakistani telecom firm, purportedly showing calls from gangster Dawood Ibrahim's Karachi house to the mobile of Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse, did not turn up before the police here.<br /><br />Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad which is probing the allegation that Khadse received calls from Dawood had summoned Gujarat-based Manish Bhangale who claims to be an 'ethical hacker'.<br /><br />Bhangale's lawyer Sandesh Sawant said, "We told ATS that Bhangale would not come today to record his statement as a petition concerning the matter is before the High Court."<br /><br />The Mumbai Crime Branch headed by Atulchandra Kulkarni had earlier recorded Bhangale's statement and eventually gave a clean chit to Khadse, following which Bhangale moved the HC, seeking a CBI probe.<br /><br />"The same official (Kulkarni) is heading the ATS now, so there is no point in recording the statement again," the lawyer said.<br /><br />ATS officials had asked Bhangale who was in Jalgaon for a press conference to go to Mumbai with them, but Sawant advised him against it so the ATS summoned the hacker today, the lawyer said.<br /><br />Bhangale's petition, which also seeks protection for himself, would come up for hearing before the HC on Monday.<br /><br />After facing a string of allegations, including irregularities in a land deal, Khadse resigned today, the first casualty in BJP since the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine took over pledging zero-tolerance towards corruption.</div>
<div>The hacker who procured call record data of a Pakistani telecom firm, purportedly showing calls from gangster Dawood Ibrahim's Karachi house to the mobile of Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse, did not turn up before the police here.<br /><br />Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad which is probing the allegation that Khadse received calls from Dawood had summoned Gujarat-based Manish Bhangale who claims to be an 'ethical hacker'.<br /><br />Bhangale's lawyer Sandesh Sawant said, "We told ATS that Bhangale would not come today to record his statement as a petition concerning the matter is before the High Court."<br /><br />The Mumbai Crime Branch headed by Atulchandra Kulkarni had earlier recorded Bhangale's statement and eventually gave a clean chit to Khadse, following which Bhangale moved the HC, seeking a CBI probe.<br /><br />"The same official (Kulkarni) is heading the ATS now, so there is no point in recording the statement again," the lawyer said.<br /><br />ATS officials had asked Bhangale who was in Jalgaon for a press conference to go to Mumbai with them, but Sawant advised him against it so the ATS summoned the hacker today, the lawyer said.<br /><br />Bhangale's petition, which also seeks protection for himself, would come up for hearing before the HC on Monday.<br /><br />After facing a string of allegations, including irregularities in a land deal, Khadse resigned today, the first casualty in BJP since the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine took over pledging zero-tolerance towards corruption.</div>