The Bombay High Court today raised several questions over the petition filed by Vadodara hacker Manish Bhangale against former Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse. Bhangale in his petition has alleged that call records from Dawood's Karachi residence show that he was in frequent touch with a mobile number registered in the name of Khadse.

However, the division bench of the high court pointed several loopholes in the petition and directed the Bhangale's lawyers to amend it.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COURT:

Division bench of Justic Naresh Patil and Prakash Naik of Bombay High Court asked hacker Manish Bhangale who is Mehzabeen Sheikh? Bhangale's lawyer Sanjay Sawant told the court that she was Dawood Ibrahim's wife. Court at this asked him as to how could he establish this? At this Sawant said "the bill given by Pakistani mobile company is a proof." Justice Patil asked Sawant "would it be a crime just because someone called up Dawood eight times? What was said is important." At this Sawant reiterated that this is why an investigation was warranted in the case. Sawant told the court that Bhangale, the hacker who had made allegations against former Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse, had been questioned by the Mumbai Crime Branch for almost five hours, however, they still went ahead and gave a clean chit to the minister. Sawant told the court that Bhangale, through his hacking skills, found that Khadse had spoken to Dawood and since this is a matter of national security he now wants an investigation done. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had assured of investigation and the anti- terrorism squad was also roped in. Bhangale has been questioned by them as well. However bhangale claimed that he was being threatened and all the evidence that he bad being attacked thus he had filed a petition in high court seeking protection. Meanwhile, a Thane resident Dilip Prabhakar Sonil appeared as intervenor through his lawyer Subhash Jha and asked court to dispose off Bhangale's petition while arguing that Bhangale was only doing all this to grab media attention. Sawant also explained to court that since this was a case of national security, there needs to be an investigation and in the meantine Bhangale and his evidence needed to be protected. Justice Patil asked Sawant if Bhangale had registered any police complaint over being threatened. Sawant told the court that he had gone to police but but no FIR was registered. The division bench then asked Bhangale's lawyer to amend the petition. Their plea will now be heard four weeks later.

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