Police on Monday arrested four persons posing as journalists and extorting money from people during the Sunday lockdown in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, the police said.
Sukhsagar Mathur (40), Rajendra Prasad Jaiswal (36), Pawan Kumar Namdev (34) and Kirtan Patel (29) are residents of Janjgir-Champa district, Korba Additional Superintendent of Police Kirtan Rathore said.
On Sunday, the four, posing as journalists, threatened some villagers and shopkeepers for violating the lockdown norms.
They extorted Rs 4,000 from Niranjan Rathore, Rs 1,000 from Rakesh Sriwas and Rs 550 from Ishwari Rathore besides forcing some others to cough up money, the officer said.
Police recovered Rs 6,900, four mobile phones, 8 Press ID cards and two bikes from them.