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Six pose as crime reporters, extort money from lodge, textile shops in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Six people duping lodges, textile shops as crime reporters using fake ID cards; journalists arrested by Banashankari police.

Six people posing as journalists and extorting money in the name of investigative journalism were arrested by Banashankari police in Bengaluru. The accused used the name of Praja Prathinidhi and had fake press ID cards and posed as crime reporters. Rs 95,000 cash and two cars have been seized by the police.