AAP also sought Khadse’s removal from the cabinet led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Khadse, viewed as a detractor of Fadnavis, recently found himself in a spot after his ‘personal assistant’ was arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 30 crore in a land settlement case.
Though Khadse has dismissed the allegations as ‘baseless’ stating the particular telephone number was not in use for last one year, AAP spokesperson Preeti Sharma Menon claimed otherwise.
“Eknath Khadse lied about his phone being out of service. His number 9423073667 received several calls from Dawood Ibrahim’s wife Mehjabeen Shaikh’s number 021-35871639 between September 4, 2015 and April 5, 2016,” Menon told reporters here.
The AAP leader claimed that CM has asked the Mumbai Police to investigate the matter.
She had on Friday met Fadnavis and raised the issue of call records of four landline numbers registered at the underworld don’s mansion in Karachi and of Khadse’s name allegedly figuring on the list.
Menon claimed on Saturday that the call details between September 5, 2015 and April 5, 2016 were procured with the help of an “ethical hacker”.
The AAP spokesperson claimed that “Police Commissioner’s office has contacted Bhangale who has assured all out support to police or any other central investigating agency”.