The Anti-Extortion Cell investigating threat calls made to a Khar businesswoman last month has stumbled on a twisted revenge saga. The interrogation of Delhi resident Harish Kumar Yadav, who was arrested in the case last week after it was found that some of the calls had been made from his cellphone, has revealed the puppeteer to be an alleged Dawood aide, Lalit Sharma from Delhi. Lalit allegedly made Yadav, who was having an affair with his wife Radhika, make the calls after catching the two red-handed. While Lalit, booked under MCOCA in 2000 and for four other offences, is absconding, the crime branch has arrested Bandra West resident Bilaal Shamsi, 50, in the case.

Harish Kumar Yadav, during his interrogation, tells the police about his affair with alleged Dawood aide Lalit Sharma's wife Radhika and how Lalit had been warning the two to end it. Illustration/Ravi Jadhav