'Dawood' calls Anjali Damania: Drop cases against Eknath Khadse

Absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim. Photo: File

Damania said that the caller spoke rudely to her and threatened to make her life difficult. I immediately spoke to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and he was prompt to assure me that the Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) will seriously look into the matter, she added. (Photo: Twitter)

Damania also alleged that the police are taking the matter casually and did not deem it necessary to post a policeman outside her home. The activist, through tweets, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh for action in the matter. (Photo: Facebook/ File)

I also spoke to the police commissioner. Ironically, officers from Vakola police station, which is just a five minute walk away from my home, took over an hour to reach my residence and record my statement, she said. (Photo: Facebook/ File)

Damania is among the petitioners who have filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court seeking action against Khadse for alleged graft. (Photo: Twitter)

Earlier this month, Damania accused Khadse, a former minister, of making obscene remarks against her and demanded his arrest. Khadse, however, had denied having made any such remarks against the social activist. (Photo: PTI)

The former Aam Aadmi Party leader said the Truecaller app -- which reveals caller identity -- showed that the number belongs to Dawood. (Photo: Twitter)

Social activist Anjali Damania on Saturday claimed she received a threat call from a Pakistan-based number, asking her to withdraw the cases she has filed against BJP leader Eknath Khadse. (Photo: Facebook/ File)

The activist lodged a complaint with the Vakola police station in suburban Santacruz about the call. Police officials from Vakola later visited her home and recorded her statement, she said. (Photo: Facebook)

Based on Damania's complaint, an FIR has been lodged under IPC sections 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), a police official said.

Damania tweeted that she received the call at 12.33 am, asking her to withdraw all cases against Khadse, from a number prefixed with +92 -- the country code of Pakistan. The app flashed Dawood 2 on the screen, she said in the tweet.