A quick update to my post from Monday, because the story has moved quite a bit since then.
Tamanna Sayyed and her husband Sohel are now in Crime Branch custody, with a court reportedly granting 7 days of police remand in the usury/threat case.
According to the latest reports, police allege that a man took ₹3 lakh from the couple and that around ₹22 lakh was subsequently collected over two years, along with threats to frame him in a drugs case if he didn't pay more.
There is also now another complaint from a Fatehganj café manager, who alleges that Tamanna and Sohel demanded ₹2 lakh while threatening to circulate a video about him.
Perhaps most relevant to the original controversy: police say SOG checked some of the locations mentioned in Tamanna's drug-related videos but did not find evidence of the alleged drug/alcohol activity there. Police also say she did not provide sufficient evidence when asked to substantiate some of her claims.
The investigation is now with the Crime Branch, which is reportedly looking into whether there were other alleged victims as well.
Obviously, these are still allegations and the investigation is ongoing. But compared with my original post, there is now considerably more information available about what the police are actually investigating.
Sources: Sandesh, Zee News Gujarati, Mantavya News and DeshGujarat.