Senior Journalist arrested on charges of extortion
Team Udayavani, Oct 27, 2017, 10:02 AM IST
New Delhi: Senior journalist Vinod Verma was arrested by Police from Ghaziabad this morning for allegedly blackmailing Chhattisgarh PWD minister Rajesh Kumar.
Reports suggest he was working on an investigation against a minister in the Chhattisgarh government.
The police also seized around 300 CDs and a pen drive from his home.
Verma, a freelance journalist, was Digital Editor at Amar Ujala and also worked with the BBC.
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