Senior journalist Vinod Verma arrested

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Ghaziabad (UP): Senior journalist Vinod Verma was arrested early this morning from his residence here by the Chhattisgarh Police over charges of extortion, police said.

Verma, who earlier worked with BBC Hindi service, was picked at 3.30 am from Mahagun Mansion Apartments, Vaibhav Khand, Indirapuram by a team of Chhattisgarh Police with the help of Ghaziabad Police, Senior Superintendent of Police H N Singh said.