Activist says ''Dawood 2'' called her to get cases against ex-minister dropped

Shiv Kumar
Tribune News Service
Mumbai, September 23

Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Anjali Damania claimed on Saturday that gangster Dawood Ibrahim telephoned her from Pakistan and threatened to harm her if she did not withdraw cases filed against former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse..

Damania, an anti-corruption activist, said that Truecaller — a telephone directory and reverse telephone directory application that has an integrated caller ID that displays details of the caller — listed the number under the name “Dawood 2”.

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Damania said on Twitter that she got the call at 12.33 am, from a number with the country code +92 — Pakistan’s code. In tweets that followed her first, Damania also said she had informed the chief minister and demanded action.

“Last nght at 12.33,I recd a threatening call asking me to withdraw all cases against Khadse +922135871719 Truecaller shows Dawood 2 Pakistan.”

“Informed CM on threat call frm a landline number of Pakistan,asking me to withdraw all cases against Eknath Khadse.Jt CP Crime investigating.”

“I appeal to PM @narendramodi @PMOIndia & @rajnathsingh to give me time to urgently see them.Threat call? to a citizen? I want my Govt to act.”

Last nght at 12.33,I recd a threatening call asking me to withdraw all cases against Khadse +922135871719 Truecaller shows Dawood 2 Pakistan pic.twitter.com/9GUqR2VVNt

— Mrs Anjali Damania (@anjali_damania) September 23, 2017

Informed CM on threat call frm a landline number of Pakistan,asking me to withdraw all cases against Eknath Khadse.Jt CP Crime investigating pic.twitter.com/Gsws5rO8WK

— Mrs Anjali Damania (@anjali_damania) September 23, 2017

I appeal to PM @narendramodi @PMOIndia & @rajnathsingh to give me time to urgently see them.Threat call? to a citizen? I want my Govt to act

— Mrs Anjali Damania (@anjali_damania) September 23, 2017

India’s most notorious gangster Dawood Ibrahim, who has been accused of having been the mastermind behind the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people and left 713 grievously wounded, is currently believed to be in Pakistan.

She said she reported the call to Vakola police station in Mumbai’s western suburb Santacruz, but later accused police of not taking her complaint seriously.

"I have spoken to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who assured me that the Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) will look into the matter," Damania told reporters.

Police have registered an FIR for criminal intimidation and criminal intimidation through anonymous communication under the Indian Penal Code, a policeman sai. 

Khadse, who held several important portfolios in the Fadnavis cabinet, had to resign after allegations of corruption made against him by Damania and others in a public interest litigation petition. However, he denied the charges.