Once again political assault on a journalist. Vinod Verma has been picked up in a tricky way from his Ghaziabad residence early Friday morning. UP and Chhattisgarh police and shown him arrested in for allegedly making an extortion call to blackmail a Chhattisgarh minister with a sex CD.
Verma has been booked under sections 384 and 507 of the Indian penal code (IPC) for extortion and intimidation.
After the arrest, BJP ruling party spokesperson in Chhattisgarh Shrichand Sundrani fired on Congress about the alleged CD and accused the Congress of conspiracy.
allegedly was in possession of a sex CD involving a minister in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh
The case is handed over to the crime branch superintendent of police (SP) Ajatshatru Bahadur Singh who led a team to Delhi to investigate the matter, as Ghaziabad police confirmed the arrest by Chhattisgarh Police so we don’t have details of the case.
However, sources revealed that the involving of BJP minister in sex CD, turn into extortion case to save minister.
Verma is also a member of Editors Guild of India and had been writing about socio-economic and cultural affairs of Chhattisgarh.
Bhupesh Baghel, Congress president of Chhattisgarh state said, Verma, is innocent.
“The alleged sex scandal involving a sitting state minister surfaced last week. I also have the CD, but it was not released since we are examining the forensic credibility of the CD. The journalist was arrested for the possession of the same CD. Possessing a CD is not a crime. Verma has not circulated the CD in form. His arrest shows the BJP government is trying to snuff out the issue,” Baghel said.
The Aam Admi Party leader Ashutosh, a former journalist, also criticized the arrest with questioning BJP government whether it was an attack on the press.
