Senior Journalist arrested on charges of extortion

New Delhi: Senior journalist Vinod Verma was arrested by Police from Ghaziabad this morning for allegedly blackmailing Chhattisgarh PWD minister Rajesh Kumar. 

Reports suggest he was working on an investigation against a minister in the Chhattisgarh government.

The police also seized around 300 CDs and a pen drive from his home.

Verma, a freelance journalist, was Digital Editor at Amar Ujala and also worked with the BBC.