Vadodara hacker Manish Bhangale on Sunday filed a petition against Mahrashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse who is wrapped in a controversy for his alleged links with Dawood Ibrahim.

Bhangale alleges that call records from Dawood's Karachi residence show that he was in frequent touch with a mobile number registered in the name of Eknath Khadse.

MANISH BHANGALE'S PETITION AGAINST EKNATH KHADSE

In his petition, Bhangale alleges that the Mumbai police has strong electronic evidence against the minister, and yet no proper action has been taken against him.

On May 18, he submitted the call logs of Dawood's Karachi land line number to Mumbai crime branch.

"No case has been registered in the offence made from the data submitted by me. On the contrary there are attempts being made by alien elements in the system to sabotage my emails and erase the data so that the electronic evidence will be destroyed," Bhangale said.

IS MAHARASHTRA POLICE GUARDING KHADSE?

Bhangale alleged that the Maharashtra police is in a hurry to give a clean chit to the minister.

In his petition he writes, "Jalgaon Superintendent of police Supekar obtained a clean chit from a mobile company in the name of Revenue Minister and told the media that there was nothing wrong. This whole exercise was overzealous as there was no record of me or any data that I shared by the said Superintendent of Police before reaching out to the cell company for Revenue Minister."

SPECIAL HEARING

The Bombay High Court is currently in recess because of the summer vacation, but Bhangale has sought an urgent hearing before the vacation bench, alleging that his life is in danger.

"I have staked my career, my family and my own life for the sake of national security by penetrating into the Pakistan telecommunications system only to be thrown to the wolves. The threats to life, apathy by police, and indifference by the Indian intelligence agencies have cornered me to such an extent that I am forced to repent my deed committed in the national interest," he said.

Bombay High Court will decide the date for hearing Bhangale's petition on Monday.