Absconding Mumbai police officer Saurabh Tripathi, who has now been suspended in connection with the angadia extortion case, had submitted a doctored audio clip in his defence during a preliminary probe, suspects the Crime Branch. DCP Tripathi is accused of ordering raids on the couriers in his attempt to pressure them to fulfil his demand of Rs 10 lakh every month.

Sources said Tripathi had shared a pen drive with an audio clip in which a voice purportedly offers him a bribe every month to spare angadias from police action. They said the clip was handed over to Additional Commissioner (north region) Dilip Sawant when Tripathi was called for questioning following a complaint against him by the angadias.