<p class="title">In a major operation, a police inspector and three journalists were arrested here on charges of bribery and extortion, officials said Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Manoj Kumar Pant, SHO of Sector 20 police station, and journalists Sushil Pandit, Udit Goyal and Raman Thakur were arrested yesterday," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vaibhav Krishna said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the four were caught red-handed while taking the bribe or extortion money of Rs 8 lakh at the Sector 20 police station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They were extorting money from a call center owner in the name of removing the latter's name from an FIR registered in November 2018," Krishna said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A Mercedes car has also been seized from the possession of one of the journalists, which the SSP said, prima facie seemed to be related to some "criminal activity". </p>.<p class="bodytext">A .32 bore pistol was seized from the possession of another journalist, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A total of Rs 8 lakh has been seized and all four have been arrested," the district police chief said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Additional SHO of Sector 20 police station, Jaiveer Singh, has been suspended for his alleged involvement in the case, the officer added.</p>
<p class="title">In a major operation, a police inspector and three journalists were arrested here on charges of bribery and extortion, officials said Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Manoj Kumar Pant, SHO of Sector 20 police station, and journalists Sushil Pandit, Udit Goyal and Raman Thakur were arrested yesterday," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vaibhav Krishna said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the four were caught red-handed while taking the bribe or extortion money of Rs 8 lakh at the Sector 20 police station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They were extorting money from a call center owner in the name of removing the latter's name from an FIR registered in November 2018," Krishna said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A Mercedes car has also been seized from the possession of one of the journalists, which the SSP said, prima facie seemed to be related to some "criminal activity". </p>.<p class="bodytext">A .32 bore pistol was seized from the possession of another journalist, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A total of Rs 8 lakh has been seized and all four have been arrested," the district police chief said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Additional SHO of Sector 20 police station, Jaiveer Singh, has been suspended for his alleged involvement in the case, the officer added.</p>