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Two posing as mediapersons arrested for extortion

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Press Trust of India Greater Noida
Police arrested two persons from here for posing as media persons and trying to extort money from policemen, police said today.

Anshul Singh and Harinder Singh were arrested last night when they were trying to extort money from two constables, after claiming that they had recorded videos of the policemen taking bribe, SP (Rural) Brijesh Singh said.

Fake ID cards of a television channel and a camera was seized from them, the SP said, adding that extortion case has been lodged against them.

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First Published: Jan 20 2014 | 8:58 PM IST

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