Delhi Police arrests fake journalists for extortion

Delhi Police have arrested two out of three people who tried to extort money from a factory in the city. They presented themselves as journalists from a TV news channel and said they would expose the company in case Rs 50,000 were not given to them.

New Delhi: Two out of three people, who posed themselves as fake journalists, have been arrested as a woman working with a tube-making company registered a complaint against them for asking for money and harassing her.

The three men went to the company and started filming its operations as "journalists" and threatened the people there, the police said.

They told the factory workers and officials that they were from a certain news channel and would expose the company if not paid Rs 50,000.

A complaint was filed against them and two of the three have already been arrested, a police official said, adding that they did not have any document to prove their claim.

Further probe is on, he added, saying the police are searching for their partner.