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Date Posted: 11:59:34 08/15/05 Mon
Author: ART-FASHION
Subject: NEWS





Rai, who is Bollywood's top actress, was grilled at her Mumbai residence and a sample of her voice taken to compare it to the voice on an audio recording allegedly of her phone conversation with Khan, her lawyer told AFP.

The police investigation followed the release of the tape by domestic media, in which a man alleged to be Khan is heard screaming abuses at Rai because of her reluctance to participate in stage shows sponsored by underworld boss Abu Salem.

"They (the police) questioned her for over two hours and she is fully cooperating with the police," said Girish Kulkarni, Rai's lawyer.

The police questioned khan for nearly four hours Sunday and took a sample of his voice.

Both Khan and Rai have denied that the voice on the tape is theirs.

In an interview with the Times of India newspaper Saturday, Khan said the tapes, allegedly recorded in 2001, were fake and claimed that gangsters who back Bollywood films had threatened him in the recent past.

"I was threatened by the underworld and therefore I was given police protection until 2002. The police too know it and therefore there is no question of me being involved with them," Khan told the English-language daily.

"My initial response on reading media reports was of shock. The media is desperately looking for sensational stories to sell itself in a competitive market and I was the convenient fall guy."

His lawyer, Dipesh Mehta, has threatened to sue the Hindustan Times for publishing transcripts from the tapes and attributing the comments to Khan.

The Maharashtra state government has ordered an investigation into the contents of the audio tapes and announced that the government will table the details relating to these tapes before the assembly on Wednesday this week.

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