Six Odisha Journalists Arrested On Extortion Charges

Bhubaneswar: As many as six journalists have been arrested on charges of extorting over Rs 1.50 lakh from a resident in Bhubaneswar, informed Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash today. The Commissionerate Police apprehended six journalists and one more accused is at large.Briefing a presser in Bhubaneswar, the DCP said that the six journalists are working with a web news channel.“They had extorted a total amount of Rs 1.64 lakh from a complainant of which Rs 24,000 has been recovered from them. They were allegedly blackmailing and threatening to publish negative news against the complainant on their website,” Dash told media.