The Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Thane crime branch has recorded the statement of Thane district Congress chief Vikrant Chavan after he was allegedly threatened over the phone by gangster Subash Singh Thakur from the Tihar jail, an official said on Sunday.

AEC officials called Chavan to the office on Saturday and recorded his statement regarding the complaint he had filed after meeting Thane police commissioner Jai Jeet Singh.