Police on Wednesday arrested four persons here on the charge of demanding extortion by posing as journalists of a TV channel.
While one of the arrestees was identified as Tapan Kumar Sahu from Bhaskarasahi in Khordha, the others are Anuj Aggarwal from Noida, Bishal Gambhir from Bulandshahar and Imran Khan from Ghaziabad
The four accused posing as journalists from Tehelka allegedly black-mailed District Industries Centre (DIC) Manager Manoj Kumar Satpathy. They had taken Rs 20,000 from him and had forcibly taken him to the bank to withdraw another Rs 50,000.
But the four were nabbed after Satpathy lodged a complaint regarding the incident with the Bargarh police.
Police have seized booms, cameras, fake identity cards, mobile phones, tablet and around Rs. 19,680 cash from their possession.