Hindi weekly editor arrested in extortion case
25-May-2024 05:26 PM 7088
Mumbai, May 25 (Reporter) A 63-year-old editor of a Hindi weekly was arrested by neghbouring Vashi police for allegedly extorting money from a spa by threatening to get the place raided. In process of trying to extort, accused also touched the spa owner inappropriately, outraging her modesty. According to police, accused Nityanand Harnarayan Mishra, a resident of Mumbai, who runs a weekly publication called Nityananda Times, had been trying to extort money from complainant since last 15 days. “One of the staff of accused had first called complainant saying that their spa would face a raid by police and to avoid the same, she will have to call editor of their publication. The lady then called editor who is now arrested. The accused then told her that he has connections and he can stop the raid and for the same, she needs to pay him annually,” senior police inspector Madhukar Bhatte from Vashi police station said. Following this, a complaint was filed and accused was arrested while accepting the extortion amount, he added...////...
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