Raipur: A local court today remanded journalist Vinod Verma, who was arrested from Ghaziabad by the Chhattisgarh Police in connection with an alleged case of blackmailing and extortion, in police custody till October 31.
Mr Verma, who was brought to Raipur last night on transit remand from Ghaziabad, was produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class S P Tripathi this evening, Mr Verma's lawyer Faizal Rizvi told PTI.
The court has sent him to police custody till October 31, he said.
Mr Verma was brought in the court amid tight police security.
Mr Verma has alleged two influential Chhattisgarh ministers hatched a conspiracy against him and no CDs were seized from his possession, Mr Rizvi said.
He also claimed there's a threat to his life in the police custody, the lawyer said.
Meanwhile, some Congress workers who were present on the court premises raised slogans in support of Mr Verma.
Mr Verma had after his arrest in Ghaziabad on Friday said he had a sex tape of a Chhattisgarh minister.
According to Raipur police, a case of blackmail and extortion was registered at the Pandri police station based on a complaint by Prakash Bajaj who said he "was being harassed over the phone by an unidentified caller who told him that he had a CD of his master".
After investigation, the search team was sent to Delhi and Mr Verma was held from Ghaziabad in this connection, police had said.
Police also claimed to have recovered 500 "porn" CDs, a pen drive and a laptop from Mr Verma.
After Mr Verma was arrested, the sex video allegedly involving state's Public Works Department Minister Rajesh Munat surfaced in Raipur, triggering a political storm with the Congress and the BJP targetting each other on the issue.
The Chhattisgarh government has recommended a CBI probe into the alleged sex CD row.
Mr Munat had told reporters that the Congress and Mr Verma were trying to tarnish his image through the "fake" CD.
Later, Mr Munat had lodged a complaint against state
Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel and Vinod Verma at the Civil
Lines police station in Raipur.
Mr Verma, who was brought to Raipur last night on transit remand from Ghaziabad, was produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class S P Tripathi this evening, Mr Verma's lawyer Faizal Rizvi told PTI.
The court has sent him to police custody till October 31, he said.
Mr Verma has alleged two influential Chhattisgarh ministers hatched a conspiracy against him and no CDs were seized from his possession, Mr Rizvi said.
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Meanwhile, some Congress workers who were present on the court premises raised slogans in support of Mr Verma.
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According to Raipur police, a case of blackmail and extortion was registered at the Pandri police station based on a complaint by Prakash Bajaj who said he "was being harassed over the phone by an unidentified caller who told him that he had a CD of his master".
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Police also claimed to have recovered 500 "porn" CDs, a pen drive and a laptop from Mr Verma.
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The Chhattisgarh government has recommended a CBI probe into the alleged sex CD row.
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Later, Mr Munat had lodged a complaint against state
Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel and Vinod Verma at the Civil
Lines police station in Raipur.
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