Delhi: Journalist among two arrested for ‘extortion’

• Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

A case was registered regarding the matter under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy and extortion, said police. A woman has also been arrested, while a third accused is on the run, said police. According to the complainant, they also allegedly threatened to file a fake rape case against him. On February 23, however, she left claiming she had some work, and returned only on March 9. A former journalist with an English daily, who was named in a sexual harassment case last month, was arrested by Gurgaon Police on Wednesday for allegedly attempting to extort Rs 4 crore from the owner of a guesthouse in Gurgaon.