Khadse-Dawood link: Hacker Manish Bhangale held for forgery

'Ethical' hacker Manish Bhangale, who had accused former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse of receiving calls from Dawood Ibrahim's Karachi residence, was arrested today for allegedly creating a fake phone bill in this connection.
Bhangale had created the fake mobile bill on a computer to show call records between Khadse and Dawood's residence in Pakistan, an official said.
"We arrested Bhangale today and he will be produced in court in some time," Sanjay Saxena, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) told PTI.
"Bhangale was arrested for allegedly making fake documents in connection with Khadse's alleged link with Dawood Ibrahim. He allegedly created the fake mobile bill on a computer to show call records between Khadse and Dawood's Karachi residence," he said.

An offence was registered against Bhangale under IPC sections 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) read with 66 D of the Information Technology Act, the official said.
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In the afternoon, Mumbai Metropolitan Magistrate's court remanded Bhangale in police custody till April 6.
Police told the court while seeking his custody that some other persons could have helped Bhangale, and further probe was necessary.
Though Bhangale said he had sought information about alleged calls from a Pakistani telephone company, the email which he relied on hadn't been sent to him directly, but had come though someone else, the police said.

Bhangale told the court that he tried to explain how he received the email from Pakistan, but the police didn't understand it and wrongly accused him of fabricating it.