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Varanasi, 13 April (HS). Lanka Police on Saturday busted a fake journalist gang in the city. After arresting nine members of the gang, the police team recovered reporting mic, reporting stand, 03 handheld sets (walkie-talkie), camera, huge quantity of SIM cards and fake identity cards of Aagaaz India and Human Rights Commission and other electronic devices etc. from them. Have done.
It is alleged that the gang members used to extort money from passing vehicles and policemen in luxury cars by giving the threat of a sting operation on the highway. Of these, eight are from Manduwadih and Lahartara areas, while one is a resident of Cantt area. A case of robbery is already registered against the alleged journalist, resident of Manduwadih. The arrested fake journalists were presented before the media.
DCP Kashi Zone Pramod Kumar and ADCP Chandrakant Meena gave detailed information about the misdeeds of the gang of fake journalists. Officers said that complaints were being received for the last three days that some people come riding in a vehicle. Claiming to be journalists, they demand money from the policemen, showing fear of a sting. Motorists make illegal extortion money by stopping vehicles on the highway. Based on this information, Lanka Police formed a team and today caught 09 disguised so-called journalists after questioning near Harsewanand Public School under Malhiya Bridge.
Among the fake journalists arrested are Chief Editor Mridul Kumar Tiwari alias Akash, son of late Gopalji Tiwari (New Colony, Kakarmatta, BLW, Police Station Bhelupur), Lal Babu Sonkar son of Late, resident of Lahartara New Basti, Police Station Manduwadih. Bachau Sonkar (Assistant Camera Man), Plot No. 218, Deeh Baba Mandir, Lahartara Nai Basti resident Akash Kumar Gautam son of Gulab Kumar Gautam (Reporter), Gaurav Kumar Bharti son of Guru Prasad (driver), Prakash Sharma son of late Kailash Nath Sharma. (Camera Man), Dilip Kumar son of Kedarnath (Reporter/Camera Man), Sawan Kumar Nayak son of Late Bhanu Prakash (Reporter), Anil Kashyap son of Majnu Kashyap (Camera Man), Jitendra Sonkar son of Vijay Sonkar (Reporter), resident of Chandwa Chhittupur, Police Station Sigra. ) Is.
During interrogation, the fake journalists told the police team that we are an organized gang. In which different tasks have been allotted to all the members involved. We stop the vehicles coming and going on the highway and extort money from them by threatening them with sting operation and threatening them with illegal and overloading and confiscation of the vehicle. And they intimidate the police personnel on duty on the way by telling them that they are recording videos and being journalists. Knowing that we were media persons, no one stopped us. We used to earn a good amount from this.