Sources say an audio has surfaced between employees that suggests that due to CEO Ankiti Bose's actions against Cofounder Dhruv Kapoor and Sequoia’s Shailendra Singh "serious and credible concerns" were planted about her regarding run-of-the-mill matters.  It also suggested of COO Aadi Vaidya & Dhruv Kapoor being strong armed in case against Ankiti. It is not clear whether the investigators will be allowed to venture there. Several employees who have seen the contents of evidence say that - if it leaks, it will be an implosion of the startup ecosystem as some of the biggest names are involved and it really exposes them all. Notably Singapore does not have whistleblower protection laws and Kapoor is said to be afraid that Sequoia has abandoned him after promising a different future.

She was terminated by the board of Zilingo just a few hours before ET Prime spoke to her. She still maintains a slender hope of reconciliation, of leading the efforts to resolve the debt issues, and take the company forward. Edited excerpts: Q. At that point of time, I did not know that this investigator had not been duly authorised by the company. So, I’m still trying to find out the answers to some of these questions.