An alleged audio recording referring to a Rs 30 lakh payment has surfaced in the controversy surrounding The House of Abhinandan Lodha’s (HoABL) ‘One Goa’ project in Karapur, Bicholim, even as the Mumbai Police investigate an alleged extortion case linked to the project.
Two people, Siddhesh Tari and Pritesh Salgaonkar, have been arrested in connection with the case. Investigators are probing allegations that money was demanded to allow construction work on the project to continue. Financial transactions allegedly amounting to around Rs 41 lakh are also under scrutiny.
The investigation will also seek to establish whether the discussions about signatures, protesters and stopping the project, as heard in the alleged recording, had any direct connection with the alleged financial dealings. The allegations remain under investigation, and the claims made in the audio have not been independently verified.
