Lucky Mangarda was linked to the drug mafia in the state!

Lucky Mangarda News: A Swedish model and former girlfriend of an arrested Israeli drug dealer has alleged in an email interview that a son of a "big politician" was linked to the drug mafia in the state.

"A son to a big politician is involved; I have met him in Atala's house many times and will remember his face. It´s scary to see his father in the news. He is the reason I have not put out all recordings I have done because I need to save those in case they come after me," she has said in an email interview to a local journalist.

Mangarda claims that Atala made regular payments to top police officials.

"The policeman, the big boss, (referring to former incharge of anti-narcotics cell Ashish Shirodkar, who has been arrested), he (Atala) had to pay very much money.

"One night they met up on a empty road and Atala gave him Rs.47,000 but he was still asking for more. This is the same policeman who sold the plastic bag with different drugs in one of the videos and the policeman Atala gave information to about other criminals," Lucky, who claims to have modelled in Stockholm, Paris and London, said.

The model also said she recorded TV footage of Atala's dealing with the police and politicians, because the drug dealer was looking to bump her off.

"He had asked around among his criminal friends if someone could get rid of me. So I continued to record when I had the chance and booked a ticket back to Sweden," she said.

Mangarda expressed surprise that police had still not contacted her to know more about the drug mafia-police-politician nexus.

"I´m very surprised no police have contacted me," she said, adding that she was willing to offer more information and hand over the sensitive videos but was apprehensive to a certain extent.

"They have my name and know who I am and Atala has threatened by phone that he will finish my life. I´m not afraid of Atala, but I´m a little afraid of this police and what they can do," she said.

The Goa police has been grappling to cope with the aftermath of the two spycam videos shot by Mangarda that came on the heels of arrest of yet another Israeli drug peddler David Driham alias Dudu.

Dudu, during interrogation, has reportedly revealed the names of several politicians, policemen and journalists which the police have refused to officially acknowledge.

Swedish model Mangarda shared breathing space with Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi and Arjun Rampal

Bollywood Latest Masala News: Even as Goa police officials continue to hunt for Swedish model Lucky Mangarda, who uploaded a video on YouTube that showed her boyfriend and Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim boasting of his connection with the Goan police, the model was keeping a low profile in Mumbai since the scandal erupted.

Mangarda who had briefly worked in Bollywood as an extra revealed that she shared breathing space with several Bollywood stars, including Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi and Arjun Rampal. She did not reveal her present location, said she was in Mumbai last week.

She answered our question via email. "I was in Mumbai for 14 days between January and February and I shot at four different locations in the city. I shot for Stepmom in a Bollywood studio, that one on the hill," she said, presumably referring to Film City.

The model said she also shot for Devgn-starrer 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbai' at Tulip Star Hotel, Juhu, and at Nitin Desai's studio. She also mentioned Vama Apparels at Peddar Road, where she reportedly shot for Mani Shankar's film 'Knock Out'.

In one picture, where Mangarda is dressed in a steel blue ghaghra choli, she is apparently on the sets of 'Stepmom', Karan Johar's remake of the Hollywood movie of the same name. "I was in a wedding scene. Kareena Kapoor was in the same scene and maybe Arjun Rampal too, but he had a false beard on, so I don't know," she said.

Mangarda has fond memories from the sets of 'Once Upon a Time'. "I especially liked Ajay Devgn; everything he did was so professional," said Mangarda, who added that Benaim never left Goa to join her in Mumbai.

The model now has plans to return to Mumbai in August and learn Hindi. "I have got a better agent and this week's audition here went very well," she said.

Crime Branch officials in Goa had told local reporters that they had not gotten in touch with Mangarda yet. "We have been trying to trace her," said Crime Branch deputy superintendent Chandrakant Salgaokar.