An FIR was lodged against the President of state Congress Committee Bhupesh Baghel and journalist Vinod Verma in state minister sex CD case by the Chattisgarh Police on Saturday
An FIR was lodged against the President of state Congress Committee Bhupesh Baghel and journalist Vinod Verma in state minister sex CD case by the Chattisgarh Police on Saturday
The FIR was registered under relevant sections of IT act.
Journalist Vinod Verma was arrested by the Chhattisgarh Police from his Ghaziabad on Friday for suspected blackmail and extortion related to a 'sex CD' allegedly involving a state minister, who called it 'fake' and an attempt at character assassination.
Verma, who earlier worked with BBC Hindi service and Amar Ujala, was denied bail and Chhattisgarh police was given his transit remand till October 30 after he was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Archna in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. Verma is also a member of Editors Guild of India.
Raipur Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Shukla claimed that about 500 'porn' CDs, Rs 2 lakh in cash, a pen drive, a laptop and a diary were seized from the journalist's residence, who was picked up at 3.30 am from Mahagun Mansion Apartments in Indirapuram by a team of the Chhattisgarh Police with the help of the Ghaziabad Police.
The SP said that Verma has been booked under Section 67 (A) Information Technology (IT) Act for possessing pornographic material.
As Verma was being escorted by police, he claimed that the Chhattisgarh government was not happy with him as it suspected that he had a 'sex CD of Chhattisgarh PWD minister Rajesh Munot' and suggested he was being framed.
Chhattisgarh BJP spokesperson Shivratan Sharma had alleged that state Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel was part of the 'conspiracy' involving the 'fake CD'.
(With agency inputs)
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