<p>Three mediapersons have been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort Rs 5 lakh from a BIM (Unani) doctor in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar, police said on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Himanshu Tiwari, 29, a freelance reporter, Sachin Mishra, 33, information technology manager with India TV, and Saurabh Tripathi, a system administrator with India TV were held after a complaint by Dr Mahesh Kumar who runs a clinic at Mandawali.<br /><br />He alleged that they had made a video of his clinic wherein he was shown attending patient and prescribing allopathic medicine.<br /><br />He also claimed that the accused were threatening and demanding Rs 5 lakh from him for more than a month.<br /><br />On Friday, the trio was called to Jeevan Anmol Hospital in Mayur Vihar Phase-I to take delivery of Rs 1.5 lakh in exchange of a pendrive containing the footage. <br /><br />“Saurabh was caught red handed and others were arrested at his instance,” a senior police official said.<br /><br />Himanshu was also identified by Mahesh as he had visited the clinic previously to extort money.<br /><br />He is the main conspirator who had made the video and planned the entire operation.</p>
<p>Three mediapersons have been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort Rs 5 lakh from a BIM (Unani) doctor in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar, police said on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Himanshu Tiwari, 29, a freelance reporter, Sachin Mishra, 33, information technology manager with India TV, and Saurabh Tripathi, a system administrator with India TV were held after a complaint by Dr Mahesh Kumar who runs a clinic at Mandawali.<br /><br />He alleged that they had made a video of his clinic wherein he was shown attending patient and prescribing allopathic medicine.<br /><br />He also claimed that the accused were threatening and demanding Rs 5 lakh from him for more than a month.<br /><br />On Friday, the trio was called to Jeevan Anmol Hospital in Mayur Vihar Phase-I to take delivery of Rs 1.5 lakh in exchange of a pendrive containing the footage. <br /><br />“Saurabh was caught red handed and others were arrested at his instance,” a senior police official said.<br /><br />Himanshu was also identified by Mahesh as he had visited the clinic previously to extort money.<br /><br />He is the main conspirator who had made the video and planned the entire operation.</p>
