Scribe held for extortion in Chhattisgarh, 6 cases filed against him

April 13, 2022 23:16

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The Chhattisgarh police registered six cases against a journalist working for a web portal for allegedly demanding extortion in Surguja and Balrampur districts of the state, officials said on Wednesday.

The accused, Jitendra Jaiswal, who runs a news portal named Bharat Samman, allegedly used to run an extortion racket under the garb of journalism and circulate defamatory content and spread rumours against the victims to extort money from them.

"Six cases have been registered against Jaiswal (during the past two weeks) in Surguja and neighbouring Balrampur district," said Ajay Yadav, inspector general of police (Surguja range).

He was arrested last week and lodged in a jail in adjoining Surajpur district, the IG said, adding that investigation into all the cases is underway.

Based on a written complaint application submitted on April 1 by Jitendra Soni of Ambikapur, Jaiswal, a native of Balrampur, was booked under sections 384 (extortion), 392 (robbery), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC at Gandhinagar police station, a Surguja police statement said.

Subsequently, another case was registered in Gandhinagar police station based on a complaint by Praveen Agarwal, a resident of Balrampur district.

Agrawal accused Jaiswal of demanding extortion from him and threatening to get him killed by Maoists if he did not fulfill his demand, it said. -- PTI

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