Police arrests senior journalist Vinod Verma from Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: A senior journalist was arrested up by a team of the Chhattisgarh Police early on Friday from his house here in Uttar Pradesh.

He was arrested after a complaint of extortion was lodged against him in Chhattisgarh.

Although initial reports suggested that it was a joint operation by the police of both states, the Uttar Pradesh Police clarified that it had nothing to do with it.

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Rahul Srivastava, PRO at the DGP office in Lucknow, that a case under sections 384 and 506 of the IPC had been lodged against Verma in Pandri police station of Raipur district.

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Unconfirmed reports suggested that Verma, who in the past has worked with Amar Ujala and the BBC, was planning a sting operation against a senior Minister in the Chhattisgarh government.

Sources said Verma was trying to extort money from the Minister. Several CDs, pen drives and some documents have been confiscated by the police.