Ghaziabad: Three persons, including a home guard with Delhi Police , were arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly threatening and trying to abduct a journalist from Indirapuram.The accused have been identified as Ankur Parashar, from Harsh Vihar in Delhi, and Aadil and Shaban, both from Seelampur. Police said Ankur is a home guard with Delhi police and he has a spa called “Hi Spa” at Aditya Mall in Indirapuram. Shlok Kumar, SP, City of Ghaziabad , told TOI that the three were arrested during a routine check when they were looking for the journalist.“Soon after Ankit opened the spa, the journalist allegedly demanded money from him saying the business was illegal. Ankur was already paying him Rs 20,000 a month,” Kumar said.“The journalist with a private news channel allegedly conducted a sting operation at the spa and Ankur paid him Rs 2.5 lakh so that he did not give the video to the channel. Ankit had borrowed the money from someone. When he failed to repay the loan, he planned to abduct the journalist and clear his debt with the ransom,” Kumar said. “He got his friends Aadil and Shaban to join him.”

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