Kavoor police have arrested a fake reporter who was blackmailing an excise official. The arrested has been identified as Vinayak, a resident of Vijayanagara in Bangalore. He had informed that he was a reporter for Arjuna newspaper.  Recently he paid a visit to Excise office and was involved in blackmailing of official Mamatha.  He had threatened Ms Mamatha that he will write a report that she has been receiving bribe from bars and wine shops. If she fail to pay Rs 10,000, a detailed report will be published in Arjuna.