India, Oct. 23 -- Escalating tension within Maharashtra's ruling alliance over a controversial audio clip led Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday to order a forensic probe, as Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam accused BJP insiders of plotting with Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange to "finish" Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.

Fadnavis said in Nagpur that the audio clip released by Jarange, which purportedly claims that Rs 500 crore was delivered to him through Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, will be thoroughly investigated using forensic methods.

Hours later, Kadam called a press conference in Mumbai accusing Jarange of colluding with a section of the BJP to politically "finish a Maratha leader", an apparent reference to Deputy Chief Ministe...